Geumsan Ginseng Museum

Geumsan Ginseng Museum is the public museum dedicated to ginseng in Geumsan, Chungcheongnam-do — a town that has produced and traded Korean ginseng for over 1,500 years and remains the country's largest ginseng market. The museum walks visitors through ginseng's botany, traditional cultivation methods, harvesting rituals, and the medical philosophy that elevated it to a major export. Bilingual displays cover the basics in plain English, and tasting samples often appear at the end. Allow ninety minutes including the small herb garden outside. Pair the museum with the adjacent Geumsan Ginseng Market — the largest ginseng market in Korea, where prices can be a fraction of Seoul's — for a focused half day.