Museum Day

Last Saturday we went to Samcheongdong in Seoul. There are a load of different museums nested away in between the higgledy-piggledy buildings which house coffee shops, art galleries, boutiques selling trendy vintage (read "overpriced second-hand) clothes, handmade jewelery and arty handbags. Each museum has one or two floors of artifacts and they all cost 5000won to enter. Although you can buy a ticket for 15,000 which gives entry to 5 of them.

The Toy Museum was filled with dolls and models, they had a really impressive Star Wars collection and my favorite: Darth Vader Mr. Potato Head!



African Art Museum was really small but the art was interesting, a mixture of paintings and statues.

The Silk Road Museum was the largest of the museums we visited. It housed a large collection of items from all over the silk road, There was even some English signage.




The Tibet Museum was very small, but the amazing costumes on the second floor were worth a peek. Plus, there was a little shop where I bought a great candle holder.
So to get there you need to take the subway to either Anguk or Gyeongbokgung. If you go to Anguk go out of exit 1 and turn right. Then take the second right, it's a paved road with street vendors selling various foods and drinks. It's opposite the entrance to Insadong Steet. Walk down this road and you will come to a street of restaurants and coffee shops. Look out for the Family Mart on your right and Bene Panini on your left. Keep walking to the end. Cross over the road and wak up the small street opposite. when you get to the large coffee shop veer left, you will see the Tibet Museum on the left. You can pick up a map here.