Buyeo National Museum

국립부여박물관

The national museum for the finds of Sabi-period Baekje, which gives the gilt-bronze incense burner a hall of its own.

Language

Five Baekje lotus-pattern roof-end tiles displayed at Buyeo National Museum: round grey clay tile ends, each carved with raised lotus petals, set apart on a pale display panel

Place information

Korean name: 국립부여박물관
Address: 5 Geumseong-ro, Buyeo-eup, Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do

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History

The museum traces its history to Buyeo Gojeok Bojonhoe, a society for preserving Buyeo's historic sites. After its elevation to Buyeo National Museum, it moved to and opened in its current building. It later added and opened a conservation science building and the Sabimaru cultural centre, and reopened its permanent galleries following a complete reorganisation.

1929
Formation of Buyeo Gojeok Bojonhoe
1 August 1975
Elevation to a national museum
6 August 1993
Opening in the current building
30 December 2005
Opening of the conservation science building
21 July 2011
Opening of Sabimaru
6 August 2014
Reopening of the permanent galleries
23 December 2025
Opening of the incense burner building

Buyeo National Museum — about the museum (greeting and history) · Sep 25, 2026

What to see

Building for the Gilt-bronze Incense Burner of Baekje

The three-storey building for the Gilt-bronze Incense Burner of Baekje opened on 23 December 2025.

Nearby

The open ground of the Jeongnimsa site with the five-storey stone pagoda standing at the right, its wide thin stone roofs stepping outward at each storey, a low iron rail around its base, the outlines of building platforms showing low in the earth, and the village visible beyond the wall behind

Jeongnimsa Temple Site

The site of the principal temple of Sabi-period Baekje. The temple is gone; a five-storey stone pagoda from Baekje and a seated stone Buddha from Goryeo remain, and the north-south axis running from the middle gate past the pagoda and hall to the lecture hall is still legible across the open ground.

Naseong City Wall

An 8 km wall raised to protect the Sabi capital. Taking Busosanseong as its centre, it runs east and west along the natural terrain around the outside of the Buyeo townscape. It was built of earth, and only slight traces of it remain today.

Nakhwaam inside Busosanseong from above at an angle: the hexagonal Baekhwajeong pavilion on the wooded clifftop, grey rock dropping away beneath it toward the Baengma River, and a timber viewing deck fixed to the cliff face

Busosanseong Fortress

A mountain fortress wrapping Busosan on the south bank of the Baengma River. It guarded the palace after the court moved to Sabi and defended the capital until Baekje fell. Nakhwaam cliff and Goransa temple stand inside it.

Buyeo Royal Tombs

Seven Baekje tombs on the south slope of Neungsan, set in two rows front and back. The ground has long been known as royal tombs, and finds from the temple site west of them reconfirmed it as a royal burial area. UNESCO lists it as the royal tombs in Neungsan-ri; the name the Korea Heritage Service uses today is Buyeo Royal Tombs.

Stories about this place

Baekje Incense Burner at Buyeo National Museum: What to Look For
This sixth- or seventh-century Baekje incense burner, held at Buyeo National Museum, was found in a pit with more than 450 other objects and stands 64 cm tall with twenty-three mountains carved into its lid. The article covers its design and how it pairs with the nearby Jeongnimsa site and Busosanseong fortress for a day in Buyeo.

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