Gyeongju National Museum

The Gyeongju National Museum is a museum in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Its holdings are largely devoted to relics of the Silla kingdom, of which Gyeongju was the capital. It was founded by private citizens in 1915, and was taken over by the then-Japanese government in 1926.

The museum is located immediately adjacent to the royal tomb complex, in an area which also includes the Gyerim forest, Cheomseongdae observatory, Banwolseong palace, and Anapji Pond.

There are a number of national museums in key locations across Korea, but the collection of this museum is especially important because it allows the general public, archaeologists, and historians to understand the rise of civilization in southeast Korea. The museum contains important items of national cultural heritage. They include the Emille Bell, which is said to ring with the sound of a child who was sacrificed for its casting. There are several Silla crowns in the museum's collection. The museum also holds many artifacts excavated from Anapji Pond and artifacts excavated from the Hwangnyongsa Temple site. Many holdings are displayed outdoors, a common practice in Korean museums.

The volume of archaeological and historical artifacts in the collection of the Gyeongju National Museum is so large that most of the objects cannot be displayed and are thus stored out of the view of the general public. The Gyeongju National Museum has maintained an archaeological research department for decades, and staff there have conducted numerous field surveys and excavations in North Gyeongsang Province. This role has lessened with the onset of government-funded 'buried cultural heritage research centres' (ko:매장문화재조사연구소) across Korea since the mid-1990s. However, the role of the museum as a centre of cultural heritage conservation was enhanced when the Korean government built a large warehouse on the museum site in the early 2000s to house the mountains of archaeological material unearthed continuously from Gyeongju and across North Gyeongsang Province.

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Pino Bonetti
13 October 2012
Everything you need to know about Gyeongju, Shilla dynasty and a big part of Korean history.
Tiff Ting
19 May 2017
Extended hours (09:00-21:00) every last Wednesday of the month and every Saturday from March to December.
Ankur Banerjee
1 May 2019
The collection of crowns and golden jewellery is the main interesting / differentiated exhibit at this museum. Apart from that, the early metalwork sections are also worth a look for Shilla society.
Torzin S
1 December 2011
Very Good Museum, its collection of golden artifects found in Tumuli Tombs are truly outstanding.
Spaceman80
9 March 2013
입장료 무료인데, 입장티켓이 존재하고 표끊어 주는 사람 있고 게다가 표 확인하는 사람도 있다!!! 일자리 창출같은 건가요? ㅎㅎ 차에서 지갑 안가져왔다 당황하지말고 그냥 들어가세요.
Min Young Park
8 November 2011
성덕대왕 신종(에밀레 종)이 있습니다. 내부에도 많은 유물이 있지만, 야외에 전시된 유물을 둘러보는데에도 꽤 시간을 투자하셔야합니다. 특히 뒷 마당을 둘러보시길 추천합니다.
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