Hours of Operation
10a.m. ~ 6p.m.
Closes one hour later on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
Education Information
We offer education programs for people of all ages so that they can learn and enjoy the history and culture of Silla.
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Children’s Museum
A place where children can play and have fun with cultural assets in addition to learning about traditional culture
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Gyeongju National Museum The Past and Present
Museum History
Permanent Exhibition
國立慶州博物館醫어제 博物館 歷史
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1945
Official opening
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1946
Official opening
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1954
Opening of Gyeongju Children’s Museum School
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1961
Opening of the new museum hall
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1968
Groundbreaking ceremony for the new museum
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1973
Excavation of Gyerimno Tomb No. 13
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1975
Relocation of the Divine Bell of King Seongdeok
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1975
Opening of the Inwang-dong Era
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1982
Opening of Wolji Gallery
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2002
Opening of Silla Art Gallery
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2005
Opening of the Children’s Museum
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2013
Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY
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2015
Silla: golden culture and Buddhist art
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博物館 歷史
國立慶州博物館의 어제 博物館 歷史
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1945
Official opening
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1946
Official opening
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1954
Opening of Gyeongju Children’s Museum School
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1961
Opening of the new museum hall
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1968
Groundbreaking ceremony for the new museum
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1973
Excavation of Gyerimno Tomb No. 13
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1975
Relocation of the Divine Bell of King Seongdeok
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1975
Opening of the Inwang-dong Era
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1982
Opening of Wolji Gallery
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2002
Opening of Silla Art Gallery
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2005
Opening of the Children’s Museum
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2013
Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY
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2015
Silla: golden culture and Buddhist art
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Permanent Exhibition
國立慶州博物館의 오늘 展示館案內
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Silla History Gallery
This is an exhibition hall, where you can discover the millennial kingdom of Silla, which thrived in the southeastern part of the Korean peninsula from 57 BC until 935 AD. The exhibition is divided into four sections to chronologically present the history of Silla and the region, and there is an exhibition hall that sheds light on “Silla, the Land of Gold.”
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Silla Art Gallery
The Silla Art Gallery presents the brilliant history, culture and arts of Silla. Since its opening in May 2002, it has undergone transformations through an improvement project in 2008 and reorganization work in 2013.
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Wolji Gallery
Wolji Gallery presents around a thousand cultural assets that were carefully selected from some 30,000 cultural assets dating from the Unified Silla Period that were discovered in the Donggung (lit. East Palace) and Wolji (Anapji) Pond in Gyeongju.
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Treasury of the Silla Millennium
The Treasury of the Silla Millennium is a storage facility built to store the cultural properties discovered in the Gyeongsang-do area safely and effectively.
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Outdoor Exhibition Area
On the yard of the Gyeongju National Museum, there are around 1,100 pieces of stone sculptures and works such as a belfry, stone pagodas, stone Buddha statues, memorial stone supports, and stylobates. Most of these have been transferred on to this site from old temple, palace and fortress sites in Gyeongju and the surrounding area.
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