World Jewellery Museum

World Jewellery Museum in Seoul's Jongno-gu (Bukchon Hanok Village area) is a private museum housing the personal collection of the founder, one of the most substantial private jewelry collections in Korea. The museum's holdings span roughly 3,000 years of world jewelry history, with particularly strong holdings on African tribal jewelry, ancient Mediterranean gold work, medieval European ecclesiastical jewelry, and Asian imperial jewelry traditions. Permanent exhibits are organized by geographic and historical origin, with themed rooms on specific traditions (African beadwork, Islamic gold and silver work, European enamel-and-gemstone, Asian court-jewelry). Bilingual Korean/English interpretation on the main permanent galleries. The museum sits inside a restored hanok building in the Bukchon Hanok Village walking area (batch 1 verified guide-bukchon-hanok-village-561382), which makes the visit an unusual combination of traditional-Korean architecture + world-jewelry heritage in a single stop. Modest admission (typically KRW 7,000-12,000). Allow about 90 minutes. Access: 8-minute walk from Anguk Station (Line 3, Exit 2). Best combined with the broader Bukchon Hanok Village walking circuit, the Kansong Art Museum, and the Bukchon 8-view walking route for a full Bukchon cultural afternoon.