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.
Language
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)
- Hours notes
- Weekend and public-holiday hours are the same.
Nearby
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.
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.
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: The Tomb Is on the Hill, What Was Inside It Is Here
You cannot go inside the tomb of King Muryeong, so the other half of it sits in a museum two kilometres away. The two inscribed stones that told us whose tomb it was are here, and that is what makes this more than a regional museum.
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Where these facts come from
- Gongju National Museum — visitor information (09:00-18:00 including weekends and public holidays; closed Mondays, 1 January, Seollal and Chuseok) ·
- Gongju National Museum — directions (34 Gwangwangdanji-gil, Gongju-si) ·
- Korea Heritage Portal — the memorial tablets from the tomb of King Muryeong, whose record gives the holding institution as Gongju National Museum at 34 Gwangwangdanji-gil and carries its coordinates ·