Gwangju Museum of Art — Attraction in Gwangju

Foreigner speaking : if you visit gwangju, you HAVE TO visit this museum. It s free, near other good museum (korea, folk...) And easy to access. For these days, there is an exceptional exhibition about jeju repression with very strong art and messages and strong emotions. Very similar to the 518 of gwangju. The second exhibition is fantastic too, its about Kim Ho Suk art. For this exhibition i got the chance to met one man of the staff who came to me to talk about the artist's work and my visit here in gwangju from france. We talked about the artist work, france and korea traditions and it was fantastic. I got some kind of a private tour and i was so lucky to have this experience. Thank you so much and if i have the chance to visit gwangju again, i will...

Free to visit but only worth going for an A/C break and free drinking water if you are visiting the decent park. The bathrooms are also spotless. There are also many benches to relax inside. The museum itself just has garbage modern 'art' and the collection is small. I wish it included a wider range of art including traditional art. I am sure there were artists in Gwangju before 2010. Why isn't there artwork from the 19th century? Why aren't there any...

Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju Museum of Art, as well as Gwangju History and Folk Museum are located relatively in close proximity of each other. Visited the 3 establishment. In my opinion, they in part tell the exciting story of Korean contemporary culture and rich vibrant, albiet, turbulent history. Good place to visit for relaxation, family outing, and tourist excursions. Found staff to be friendly and courteous. However, could not find any...