Description

This unique museum features 10,000 stone sculptures dating from the beginning of the Silla Kingdom (57 BC) to the end of the Chosun Dynasty (1910). Stone sculptures were traditionally very important to Koreans. Around the tombs of kings and nobles, animal and government official figures were erected to protect the souls of the dead. Poles with wooden or stone birds on top were also important, placed in villages to protect the inhabitants from evil spirits. Buddha statues and stupas, stone pagodas, and a wide range of everyday household tools are on display. Admission: Adults KRW5,000; students KRW3,000; children KRW2,000.