Korean Stone Art Museum — Attraction in Seoul

Good starting place to learn something about Korea stone sculptures, or at least know culturally what the stone sculptures are used for. After a brief tour, now I knew a bit about Muninseok, Beoksu and Dongja sculptures. Out of the museum building, there were more sculptures in the garden. A lot to see. The museum has also worked with Google Map to enable anyone to 'street view' the exhibits in their garden as they wish to expose the museum to more people locally and overseas. It is also interesting to learn how the museum was started. It was started by a successful businessman (also the Chairman of the museum) who is nationalistic and determined to keep Korean stone sculptures which some are national assets from being taken out of the country. He also managed to buy back some from overseas collectors and bring them back home. This museum is newly relocated from the old one. He has chosen Seoul, perhaps more metropolitan - having potentially larger audience, both local and tourists, to expose the cultural stories behind all these...

This stone museum (aka Museum Wave) has a great collection of stone works. They used to sit at the entrance of villages, temple, and tombs as guardians. A tour with a docent is offered that helps you to understand the meaning of those stone art works and the history. Unfortunately, it is offered only in Korean. They could consider the English audio tour devices.

Sungbuk dong is one of the wealthiest towns in Seoul. It reminds me of Pacific Heights of San Francisco. Sitting high on the hill, it has a great view of Seoul. There is an entrance fee. The ticket to see the modern art works indoor is more expensive than walking around the stone garden. But the indoor ticket includes a free drink. The barista there makes a great coffee. Its taste only matches to his friendliness. I enjoyed the view in the quite balcony sipping the coffee.

Take a green bus to there. The hill makes walking to the...

Inside the museum they have a 3 floor exhibition space but it is smaller than you could expect. You can buy the ticket to visit inside and outside for 10 000 won or only the beautiful garden outside fro 3000 won, where you can see all the stones. It is interesting but I was a bit disappointed because there are only a few explanations here and there and I wanted to know more about the history. Anyhow it is nice to visit the garden and there is a decent view from...