| As an agricultural country with a long history, Korea has lots of valuable agricultural heritages. However, due to Koreas rapid industrialization, many great agricultural heritages are on the verge of extinction. So, the Agriculture Museum serves as an important institution for keeping those priceless heritages intact. The Agriculture Museum has 3 thousand pieces of remains, and they are exhibited on three floors.
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On the first floor, agricultural remains from the Prehistoric Age, Samguk Age (B.C. 57 ~ 935), Goryeo Age (935 ~ 1392), Joseon Age (1392 ~ 1910) are displayed. Especially, in the Prehistoric Age room, there are stone axes, potteries with Bit-sal pattern from the Bronze Age, and iron tools made in the Iron Age.
In the Samguk Age Room, you can see "U-cha-do" (A cow leads a carriage) painted in 502 A.D., demonstrasting how cows were used as means of cultivation in Korea. Also, in the Goryeo and Joseon Age Rooms, you can take a look at agricultural tools and thirty books, which contain songs sung by farmers while they cultivated.
On the second floor, the living pattern of the Korean ancestors are exhibited in the order of months and thus, it is easy to follow one fiscal year of the Korean agricultural life. In the Tools Exhibition Room, agricultural tools are arranged by region. This way the agricultural style differences between the regions can be easily compared.
There is a Korean traditional crop garden outside of the museum, so you can feel the atmosphere of the agricultural life for a minute.
Admission fee Free
Opening hours 10:00 ~ 17:00 (Closed on Sunday and Holidays)
How to get there Exit 5 of Seodaemun Station (line number 5)
Tel 02-397-5673
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| 11-06-2001 |
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