Gimpo Tea Etiquette Museum (다도박물관)

187-49, Aegibong-ro 275beon-gil, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do

March-October 10:00-18:00 November-February 10:00-17:00

Mondays

[Adults] Individuals 5,000 won / Groups 4,000 won [Students] Individuals 4,000 won / Groups 3,000 won [Infants/Toddlers] Individuals 3,000 won / Groups 2,000 won * Groups of 20 people or more

Free

Available

1,000 people

Land area 33,058 ㎡ Building area 347 ㎡

* Ceramics: White porcelain, celadon porcelain, earthenware, etc. * Metal exhibits: Brazier, cooking stove, rouge container, etc. * Paintings and writings: Dongdasong folding screen that depicts a tea ceremony; folding screen portraying flowers; engraved seal, etc. * Woodenware: Small table for refreshments to be served in a boudoir; small table for refreshments used by male scholars; octagonal table; yeonsang table; flat bench made from white paulownia tree, etc. * Embroidery: Embroidered uigeori wardrobe (pair), wardrobe embroidered with flowers (pair), box, chest of drawers, square table, etc.

* Tea ceremony experience: Individual tea ceremony table (hands-on experience of how to brew and drink tea), and a comparison of the tea ceremonies of Korea, China and Japan. * Traditional folk games: Tuho (throwing sticks into a barrel), yut (board game), jegi (playing shuttlecock with the feet), neol (seesawing), rolling a hoop, making dasik (pattern-pressed candy), etc. * Korean culture: Learn how to bow and how to wear traditional Korean clothes and accessories. * Coming-of-age ceremony: Experience coming-of-age-ceremonies for boys and girls, and compare the ceremonies of the past and present * Wedding culture: Wear traditional wedding clothes (men-officials’ garb and hat, women-wonsam dress, headpiece, hwarot dress, etc.) and experience a traditional wedding ceremony. * Preparing ancestral memorial service tables: Learn how to prepare a table for ancestral memorial service for lunar New Year’s Day and Chuseok (harvest holiday) and the differences between holiday tables and memorial service tables.

1) Exhibition – Special exhibitions in addition to the permanent exhibition of tea ceremony utensils. 2) Event – Cultural exchange among Korea, China, and Japan; Lotus Festival; outdoor tea ceremony; hands-on experience, etc. 3) Education – Dado Museum’s culture university, classes in etiquette and tea ceremony. 4) Free education and special lecture – Special lectures on ‘etiquette and tea ceremony’ and ‘how to prepare a table for the ancestral memorial service for lunar New Year’s Day and Chuseok’ are held during summer and winter vacations.

Available via phone call +82-31+998+1000