Busan Museum — Attraction in Busan

A perfect place to kill an hour or two in Busan. Interesting exhibitions with plenty of artefacts and comprehensive English translations. The factoid of Busan's car ownership increasing from 5,000 to 50,000 in ten years, then to 500,000 in another ten always sticks with me.

Also plenty on the Samurai invasions of Korea - much of the naval combat with the famous turtle ships took place along the nearby Gyeongsang-namdo coastline.

I also want to add that all the staff were very friendly and welcoming. Seems par for the course in Busan but definitely not in Korea as a whole, so they get credit for that.

You could easily tie this place in with the nearby...

Spent 2+ hours here. Free. There is a "chae hum gwan" or experience hall where you can try on hanbok and take pix. This place is on the ground floor left side of the entry stairs. Different types of hanbok on displays on mannequins. The guides are super nice and informative. The displays have good info on them too. The bug museum has history of busan from cave man days till recent. The docents are excellent and interactive. Impressive historic museum, well worth a visit if visiting the...

Busan Museum is the ultimate place to learn about local history and culture. Admission is free and I believe the museum has free guide service although the collections have English explanation for a self-guided tour. I’d recommend you spending 2 hours here to take in all of the exhibitions. The video lapse of Busan is an interesting and aesthetically pleasing way of appreciating the city. Also, drop by the UN Cemetery next to the museum. You can reach the museum by bus plus...