National Folk Museum

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  • Address
    Gyeongbokgung, 1-1 Sejongno, Jongno-Gu
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  • Phone
    3704 3114
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  • Mar-Oct: Wed-Fri & Sun-Mon 09:00 - 18:00 , Sat 09:00 - 19:00 ; Nov-Feb: Wed-Mon 09:00 - 17:00

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Outside the museum are shamanist stone statues and wooden posts that used to guard the entrances to villages. Inside, the clothing, games, rituals, handicrafts, food, housing and occupations of the Joseon era are displayed to illustrate life in the days back when a person's social class was signalled by what they wore.

Aristocratic women wore exquisitely embroidered silk shoes, while peasant women and slave girls wore wooden clogs, straw sandals or went barefoot. Aristocratic men wore black horsehair hats that ordinary folk were not allowed to wear.