Museum
Samsung Museum of Publishing
삼성출판박물관
Official name
About this place
Samsung Museum of Publishing is Korea's first museum devoted to publishing and printing. It was founded to foster pride in a culture that invented the world's first movable metal type and developed a flourishing publishing tradition, and to provide related public education. Since opening in 1990, it has worked to discover, preserve and exhibit publishing and printing heritage, which is more easily lost than many other kinds of cultural heritage. Its permanent and special exhibition galleries hold and display more than 30,000 books, from national-treasure-class historic volumes to rare hardbacks, together with paper products, old type, printing equipment, the four traditional writing tools and related materials. These trace 1,300 years of Korean publishing and printing culture. At the back of the exhibition space, visitors can use stamps to make commemorative bookmarks and postcards to take away as souvenirs. A section of wall is also set aside for posting messages about the visit, offering a meaningful way to finish the experience. ✨AI
- Address
- 2-2 Bibong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul (Gugi-dong) ✨AI
- Korean address
- 서울특별시 종로구 비봉길 2-2 (구기동)
- Opening hours
- Mon~Fri 10:00~17:00
- Closed days
- Every Sat~Sun / Public holidays
