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Cheonggyecheon Museum (청계천박물관)

Cheonggyecheon Museum (청계천박물관) · © KTO · KOGL Type 3

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Cheonggyecheon Museum (청계천박물관)

Cheonggyecheon Museum is a curated attraction in Korea — full details, hours, and access info on the official Korea Tourism page.

ROOTIconic stop curated by Korea Tourism OrganizationSeoul's distinctive city pulseEnglish-friendly

Why go

Cheonggyecheon Museum is the dedicated public museum on Cheonggyecheon — Seoul's 11-kilometer urban stream that was paved over in the 1960s and reborn as the city's signature linear park through a major 2005 restoration. The museum traces the stream's full history: pre-modern Joseon-era flood control and washing-stand life, colonial-era industrialization, the post-Korean-War urbanization that paved it under, and the 2003-2005 restoration project that became a global model for urban-stream rebirth. Original artifacts, period photographs, and bilingual interpretation throughout. Free entry. About 90 minutes. Pair with the Cheonggyecheon stream walking path itself.

Quick highlights

  • Public museum on Seoul's Cheonggyecheon urban stream
  • Pre-modern through 2005 restoration history
  • 2003-2005 restoration became global model for urban-stream rebirth
  • Original artifacts, period photographs, bilingual interpretation
  • Pair with Cheonggyecheon walking path

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