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National Museum of KoreaNews10 October 2026MU:DS Regional Heritage Collection — 100 museum goods from 13 national museumsOn 1 September 2026 the National Museum Foundation of Korea released the MU:DS Regional Heritage Collection: 100 goods based on signature artefacts from the 13 regional branches of the National Museum of Korea, from the Divine Bell of King Seongdeok in Gyeongju to the Gilt-bronze Incense Burner of Baekje in Buyeo. Every museum has a fan-and-handkerchief set (KRW 42,000) and a bookmark (KRW 14,000); the craft pieces run up to KRW 1,100,000. The catch for visitors: the collection is sold through the Korean-language online shop and eight museum shops in Korea, not through the English-language MU:DS global store.
National Museum of KoreaNotice26 September 2026Free wedding venue at the National Museum of Korea — how the booking really worksThe Traditional Courtyard (전통마당), a 506 m² outdoor space in the grounds of the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, can be used for a wedding of up to 100 guests, and the museum charges no venue fee. Ceremonies run on Saturdays only, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, one couple per day, in March–June and October–November (the 2026 seasons), and bookings for 2026 opened first come first served on 4 November 2025. The government's Gongyu Nuri facility site takes no online bookings for it: the only route is the Korean-language application form of the museum's appointed wedding vendor, and everything after that — planning, chairs, sound, the contract — is arranged in Korean. What is free is the venue; the ceremony itself is not.
National Museum of KoreaNotice22 September 2026Buyeo National Museum's main galleries are shut until December — but the great incense burner is not28 Jul – 14 Dec · Buyeo National Museum, 5 Geumseong-ro, Buyeo-eup, Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do
Korea Tourism OrganizationNotice5 October 2026Hadong panda stamp zone at Hwagae Market — to November 2026The Hadong stop of the Korea Tourism Organization and Everland campaign Rui & Hui's Every Corner of Korea has its stamp zone in front of the tourist information office at Hwagae Market, and the stamp tour runs until November 2026. Stamps go on a leaflet that comes only with the Rui & Hui companion plush sold at Everland, so there is no way to join without buying one. Of the four places on the suggested route, Jirisan National Park's Hwagae Visitor Center closes on Mondays and the Jirisan Ecology Science Museum charges KRW 1,000 for adults. Hwagae itself is a worthwhile day out by intercity bus from Seoul or Busan, stamps or not.
National Museum of KoreaNews22 September 2026The twin-lion stone lantern is going back to Yeoju — but not yetThe National Museum of Korea, the Korea Heritage Service and Yeoju City announced on 9 September that the Goryeo-era twin-lion stone lantern from the Godalsa temple site will be returned to the ruins it came from. No date has been set: conservation work, a final excavation report and site preparation all come first. For now it stands where it has for decades, in the museum's outdoor stone garden in Seoul — which is free to walk into.
National Museum of KoreaNotice22 September 2026A Silla tomb dug in 1909 and never properly reported is being excavated againGyeongju National Museum announced on 10 September 2026 that it will re-excavate Seokchimchong, a Silla chamber tomb opened by Japanese colonial-era surveyors in 1909 who left no formal excavation report. The new work will analyse the chamber floor soil, the lime on the walls and the stone itself, and pursue research on the objects taken in 1909, which are held at the University of Tokyo. No start date has been announced and there is nothing on site to visit.
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, KoreaNotice22 September 2026MMCA runs a free shuttle between its three buildings, Tuesday to FridayA free art shuttle connects MMCA's Seoul, Deoksugung and Gwacheon buildings four times a day in each direction, Tuesday to Friday only. It does not run at weekends, on Mondays or on public holidays, and none of the three stops is at the building's main entrance — the Deoksugung stop is not even inside the palace. No booking, no fare, and exhibition admission is separate.
Korea National ArboretumNotice22 September 2026The Korea National Arboretum shuts for three days over Chuseok, then opens free on the 27th24 Sept – 27 Sept · Korea National Arboretum, Gwangneung forest, 509 Gwangneungsumogwon-ro, Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do