Gahui Museum

Gahui Museum

Gahui Museum is a specialized museum of Korean folk paintings located in Gahui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. It is housed in an elegantly restored traditional Korean hanok. Since its opening in 2002, the museum has collected over 1,500 cultural artifacts from the Joseon Dynasty, including more than 250 folk paintings, over 750 amulets, 150 volumes of books, and over 250 other folk materials. Visitors can experience traditional folk beliefs firsthand and appreciate folk painting works here.

Since ancient times, Korea has had various types of talismans, such as those made from the erythrina variegata tree (believed to have thorns that can prevent evil spirits from entering), tiger bones (thought to ward off evil and disasters), peach tree branches (believed to drive away illness and ghosts), and ox nose rings (used as a symbol of butchering cattle—when hung high, they were thought to scare away evil spirits). Gahui Museum is a place where visitors can see a wide variety of amulets. The exhibition rooms are densely covered with talismans wishing for family health and expressing personal hopes. Here, visitors can truly understand the symbolic meanings and significance of these diverse amulets in human life.

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Why Go: One of the most comprehensive museums for viewing Korean amulets in South Korea

Continent: Asia【Asia】

Country/Region: Korea[Korea]

Province/State: Seoul Special City [Seoul Special City]

City: Jongno-gu [Jongno-gu]