Gahoe Museum

Gahoe Museum in Seoul's Bukchon Hanok Village area is a small private museum dedicated to Korean folk art — particularly the specific tradition of Korean minhwa (folk paintings), traditional talismans (bujak), and folk-decorative objects that were made and used in traditional Korean domestic and religious life across the Joseon period through the early 20th century. The museum's collection was assembled over decades by a private folk-art collector and includes some of the most substantial single-collection holdings of Korean folk-art material. The museum sits inside a restored hanok in the heart of the Bukchon walking district (verified guide-bukchon-hanok-village-561382 batch 1), which makes the visit an unusually integrated hanok-architecture + folk-art experience in a single stop. Permanent exhibits focus on specific folk-art traditions: minhwa tiger paintings (the most-cited Korean folk-painting subject, symbolizing protection and vigor), longevity-and-fertility symbols, Buddhist mandalas in folk-art style, and household ritual objects. Bilingual Korean/English interpretation. Modest admission (typically KRW 5,000-8,000). Allow about 60 minutes. Access: 10-minute walk from Anguk Station (Line 3, Exit 2). Pair with the broader Bukchon Hanok Village walking circuit including Bukchon Museum (same-batch verified), World Jewellery Museum (batch 8 verified), Mok In Museum Mok Seok Won (batch 5 verified — funerary wooden-figure folk art), Dong-Lim Knot Museum (batch 9 verified) for a full Bukchon folk-art-and-craft afternoon.