National Hangeul Museum

Had a wonderful time learning the history of hangeul and the presentation and preservation of regional dialects. The artifacts and exhibits were presented in ways that were engaging, interactive and even interactive. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit and also learn a lot. The is a small gift shop with many tempting items and a cafe with drinks and snacks. A great place to spend 1-2 hours. A wonderful place to bring kids.

​​Extensively provides insight into how Hangul, the Korean alphabet, was created. The permanent exhibit provides information about the history, development, and cultural significance, while the temporary exhibits explore more linguistic aspects. It's a rather small museum and free to visit! Note that the temporary exhibits are all in Korean but the main exhibit has both English and Korean!

A fascinating place to learn about the history of Hangeul, the Korean Alphabet. I had a great time here. The surrounding grounds were also beautiful to explore! Highly recommended especially if you're interested in Korean history, script, and languages. Most of the signs/placards were translated in English. Free admission.

The permanent exhibit in the first floor features the history of the creation of Hangeul. Hangeul is the only writing system in the world with known inventor, and date, reasons, purposes and methods of invention. Like the National Museum of Korea, the entrance is free. But compared to the National Museum of Korea, it is quite smaller. So, you can easily tour the place in just few hours. 🇰🇷

A must visit museum for anyone who is interested in the Korean language and writing system Hangeul (한글) and for all Korean learners. A remarkable place that shows the history of Hangeul and how its invention has influenced and impacted the Korean society to enable even people with limited access to education to read and write. I come visit the place whenever I‘m in Korea as they always have new and interesting temporary exhibitions.

Super awesome place (FREE admission!), especially if you genuinely love the Hangul writing system (I do, even though I'm from Singapore). There are explanations in both Korean and English, but obviously it helps to know how to read Korean (and ideally having studied it somewhat) so that you can fully appreciate the significance of the installations and the history of how Hangul was developed by Great King Sejong. I really enjoyed the immersive video/audio rooms. They really put a lot of effort into it. Extra attention was paid to details as well. It was near closing time so it was not crowded and I was the only one most of the time (final day of Seollal). I went at 5 pm so I only had 1 hour for the permanent exhibit and the special exhibit. It was rushed but I could see everything (obviously I didn't stop to read some stuff as detailed as I would have liked). I'll definitely come back in the future, possibly for the English guided tour on Wednesdays at 1.30 pm and 2.30 pm. There are also nice restaurants nearby like Mongtang, check it out!

Another great musuem in Seoul about their national language/alphabet and how it came about. I love how they take a lot of pride in their Korean alphabet and its much deeper than a bunch of letters and how there's so much history to it. Learned a lot

Really disappointed. The information regarding this important topic about Korean culture were really shallow. And on top of that there was not a lot of explanations in English. Not my style to point bad stuffs, but here, we can expect way more from a national museum about one of the most important aspect of it's culture.