Explanation
The Mungyeong Coal Museum exhibits the history of coal and explains its important contribution to Korea's rapid industrialization. Systematic exhibition of coal and related information helps visitors understand the vital role that coal has played in shaping modern life. The museum displays coal-related relics in addition to scholarly materials.
The museum offers various exhibition halls: the Central Exhibition Hall (1F-2F), Outdoor Exhibition Hall, Mine Exhibition Hall, and Miner’s Private House Exhibition Hall. Though coal, one of Korea’s few natural resources, used to be the driving force of the Korean industry and economy, it has become less visible due to the emergence of oil and natural gas. The museum helps visitors appreciate this forgotten resource as well as the lives of miners in Mungyeong, once one of the most productive coalfields in Korea.
Inquiry
Mungyeong Coal Museum +82-54-550-6424
Homepage
coal.gbmg.go.kr/
(Korean only)
Information Use
Contact and Information : • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-54-550-6424
Day off : Jan. 1, the day of Seollal (Lunar New Year’s Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day)
* Mine Experience Hall is closed on the first Monday of every Month.
Charges : [Coal Museum
(filming set)]
Individual
Adults 2,000 won / Students 1,500
won / Children 800 won
Group
Adults 1,500 won / Students 1,000 won / Children
500 won
Mungyeong residents
Adults 1,000 won / Students 800
won / Childre 500 won
[Mine tunnel experience hall]
Individual/Group
Adults 5,000 won / Students 4,000
won / Children 2,500 won / Infants 2,000 won / Seniors, the handicapped 4,000
won
Mungyeong residents
Adults 2,500 won / Students 2,000
won / Children 1,500 won / Infants 1,000 won / Seniors, the handicapped 2,000
won
[Combined admission (Coal Museum+Mine tunnel experience)]
Individual/Group
Adults 6,000 won / Students 4,800
won / Children 3,000 won / Infants 2,000 won / Seniors, the handicapped 4,000
won
Mungyeong residents
Adults 3,500 won / Students 2,800
won / Children 2,000 won / Infants 1,000 won / Seniors, the handicapped 2,000
won
※ Group: 20 people or more.
※ For all discounts, ID check required.
※ Children (age 7-12), Infants (age 4-6)
Hours : March to
October 09:00-18:00
November to February 09:00-17:00
※ Last admission:
30
minutes before closing.
Scale : Area site - 50,316㎡
Building site - 1,805㎡
Exhibition area - the main hall 1,448㎡ / outdoor exhibition hall 7,188㎡ / mine
tunnel 740㎡ / exhibition hall 83㎡
More information
Collections Status
6,730 items (mineral/fossil/equipment/documents/books/etc.)
Location
112, Wangneung-gil, Mungyeong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do