KIGAM Geological Museum — Attraction in Daejeon

Many visitors go to Seoul during their visit in Korea but you are missing the great national museums located in Daejeon. In order to decentralize South Korea during the early 21 century many of the national museums were built in this city known for clean air and beauty. One museum to visit is the National Science Museum. I am a geologist and this one ranks as the best one related to this topic that I have ever visited. The variety of exhibits are very professionally done and you will be suprised that most of the exhibits have excellent English explanations next to the Korean. The big dinosaurs are here as well as the best dinosaur foot print exihibition found anywhere! This museum is much expanded since my visit in 2003. In addition to the indoor exhibits there are excellent out door exhibits where one can move among great petrified ancient tree trunks and a large variety of boulders of different rock types that form the basement of this great peninsula. There is also a very professionally described history of Korea going back millions of years. Do not miss this museum that is also in proximity to the postage museum, the science museum and the campus of KAIST where one can relax and fine reasonally priced food. So come to Daejeon and enjoy a city where food and lodging are also to be had at much more reasonal prices...

I think this is one of the lesser known museums around daejeon but this is super cool. We reached almost at 1pm on a sunday and the museum is literally empty. People started to come in around 2pm.

There was no admission fee which to be honest, was surprising yet delightful. Lol. The view that greets u was 'WOW' and that was trex. The museum was very fun to explore and boast of 2 levels. Ground floor is mainly about dinosaurs and a small section apportioned out for the solar system and archaelogy..It has a huge and interactive globe for visitors to play around with via the control panel. Super cool.

Level2 is on metals and minerals, new energy and etc. Very eucational and actually rather fun. There was a EV simulator for both kids and adults to play, think daytona in the arcade. There were also other digital interactive games!

We spent almost 3hrs, taking out time wandering around the exhibits. #recommended Oh.. there were descriptions in english on.... 90% of...

This is an excellent place to visit while in Daejon. There are large collections of rock samples and fossils. There's also plenty of activities to try throughout the museum. Displays are in both Korean and English, you also get a pamphlet upon entry. Whether you're a child, an adult, a tourist, or all three, you will likely find some interesting things in this museum. Entry is free, there's no...