Park Soo Keun Museum (박수근미술관)
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Park Soo Keun Museum (박수근미술관)

265-15, Parksookeun-ro, Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do

About

Park Soo Keun (1914-1965) was an artist who devoted his life to drawing the lives of ordinary people with a warm gaze. The Park Soo Keum Museum, which has a floor space of 700 square meters, is built upon the artist’s birthplace in his hometown in Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do. The museum was founded with the intent to develop into a major cultural space for the region and to honor Park Soo Keun’s life and art. The collection of Park Soo Keun’s artworks shown at the museum include his oil paintings, a number of prints such as "The Tree and Two Ladies" and "Tapdori," watercolor painting "Watercolors," and dozens of other drawings.
Information
Phone
+82-33-480-7226
Website
www.parksookeun.or.kr
Hours
09:00-18:00
* Last admission is 1 hour before closing.
Closed
Mondays (except when Monday is a holiday), January 1, the morning of Seollal (Lunar New Year's Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day)
Parking
Available
Fee
Adults (ages 20 & older) 6,000 won
Students (elementary school to high school) 3,000 won

* Free admission: Senior citizens (ages 65 & older), preschoolers (ages 7 & under)

Visitors also explore Yanggu Prehistory Museum (양구선사박물관), Paroho Lake (Yanggu) (파로호(양구)) and Center of Korea Observatory (국토정중앙천문대) near this location.

Location

38.09608, 127.98149

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