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The Royal Museum

Where you can learn about life under the Joseon Dynasty at one glance. Origins of the relic gallery within the palace
After the Three Kingdoms Period, Goryeo was built in AD 918. This country was known for overseas trading, and the name "Korea" is derived from this country. Goryeo was often invaded by other countries while establishing its trade industry, especially Mongolia and Chi-tan.

In the social confusion and national crisis which ensued in the final days of Koryo, the gentry and military explored means for establishing a new state. Military forces were strenghtened and its new leaders drove out the old aristocratic powers of Koryo and enforced a land reform program in order to step up their economic basis. Yi Song-gye, one of the Kings former generals was placed on the throne to establish a new state in 1392.   

The new regime staked its future on the ideals and practices of Neo-confucianism, which combined the sages original ethical and political ideas with a quasi-religious practice of ancestor worship and the idea of the eldest male as spiritual head of the family.
A great amount of relics dating back from the Joseon Dynasty were found within the Changdeok-gung and Jonmyo palaces amongst others.   The Palace Museum was opened to house and exhibit before the public the cultural inheritance of the Joseon Dynasty.

Information on the Palace Museum

Opened in December 1992, the museum exhibits sculptures, kerchiefs, clothes, accessories etc. In Gallery 1 are displayed scientific tools and instruments created to observe the stars.   Gallery 2 is dedicated to the Korean scripts that were used to learn Korean during the Joseon period and other educational materials. Gallery 3 houses the Gungjung Orye, Daeryebok and Garyebok, all items relating to the King.

Gallery 4 recreates the room where the King would receive government officials and deliver speeches to them.   In Gallery 5 are displayed items from the palace cuisines together with the Kings former dinner table and furnitures.   A total of 10 galleries constitute the Palace Museum, which house artefacts and craft used in the palace, Gungjung Orye, Kings seal and other relics from the time.   There is no better place to get a taste of what life was like under the Joseon Dynasty.

Homepage www.design.cau.ac.kr/museum/7/index.html
Opening hours 09:00¡­18:00 (Closed on Mondays)
Admission fee 700won
Tel 02-752-0735
How to get there Subway Line 1 or 2, get off at City Hall Station. take Exit No 1.   The Museum is 10 minutes away on foot.
09-10-2001
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