Gongju National Museum

국립공주박물관

The national museum that holds the finds from the tomb of King Muryeong. It stands a short way west of the tomb park, so seeing the tombs and then seeing what was inside them falls into an easy order.

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Gongju National Museum from above: a long, low white building set below a wooded hill, a row of tall narrow windows across its front, with the approach path and car park running toward it

Place information

Korean name: 국립공주박물관
Address: 34 Gwangwangdanji-gil, Gongju-si, Chungcheongnam-do
Opening hours: 09:00–18:00
Closed: Every Mon (open if it falls on a public holiday; closed the next weekday instead) · Jan 1 · Seollal (the day itself only) · Chuseok (the day itself only)
Hours notes: Weekend and public-holiday hours are the same. The official visitor-information summary names Tuesday as the closure day when Monday is a substitute public holiday, while the main text specifies the first weekday after the public holiday. The closure rule shown here follows the main text and the museum's official schedule of substitute closures. Check the museum's guidance for your visit date.

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History

Before liberation, Gongju Sajeok Hyeonchanghoe, a local society, set up a small exhibition space in Seonhwadang, a Joseon-period Chungcheong provincial government building. After liberation, the exhibition space was taken over and the Gongju branch of the National Museum opened; it was later renamed the Gongju branch of the National Museum of Korea and then Gongju National Museum. It opened in a new building before moving to and opening at its current site.

1940
Establishment of the Seonhwadang exhibition space
1 April 1946
Opening of the Gongju museum branch
5 December 1972
Renaming of the Gongju branch
12 October 1973
Opening in a new building
20 August 1975
Renaming as Gongju National Museum
14 May 2004
Opening at the current site
29 November 2021
Opening of Chungcheong collection storage

Gongju National Museum — history · Sep 25, 2026

What to see

Ungjin-period Baekje gallery

This permanent gallery focuses on Ungjin-period Baekje.

Nearby

The royal tomb park in Gongju seen from above: grass-covered burial mounds set along a south-facing slope among pines, a tomb entrance visible below the nearest mound, and the town of Gongju spread out in the distance on the right

Tomb of King Muryeong and Royal Tombs in Gongju

Seven royal tombs of Ungjin-period Baekje on the south slope of Songsan. One of them, the tomb of King Muryeong, was found with its own memorial tablets, making it one of very few Three Kingdoms tombs whose occupant and date are known. It was long called the Songsan-ri tombs.

The World Heritage marker stone reading Gongsanseong at the entrance, with the stone rampart curving up the hill behind it, flags set along the wall, and the tiled roof of the Geumseoru gate standing above on the right

Gongsanseong Fortress

A fortress wrapping the valleys of a low hill on the south bank of the Geum River. It was the walled capital while Baekje's court sat at Ungjin, and remained a seat of provincial administration into the Joseon period. Originally earthen, it was rebuilt in stone under Joseon.

The Yuseong foot spa at night, people sitting along the stone-lined channel with their feet in the water under parasols, their shoes left on the path

Yuseong Hot Springs

The hot-spring quarter around Bongmyeong-dong in Daejeon's Yuseong district: hotels and bathhouses drawing on alkaline spring water of 27–56°C, plus a free public foot spa in the park that is separate from all of them. The quarter is not one facility, so prices and closing days belong to the individual businesses.

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

Gongju National Museum: How to Read the Muryeong Royal Tomb Gallery
A practical route through Gongju National Museum: begin with the Muryeong royal tomb objects in the first-floor Ungjin Baekje Gallery, then widen the story upstairs and outdoors.

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