ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)

  • ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)
  • ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)
  • ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)
  • ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)
  • ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)
  • ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)
  • ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)
  • ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)
  • ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)
  • ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)

Explanation

ARKO Art Center was founded in 1974 as Misulhoegwan in a building of former Deoksu Hospital in Gwanhun-dong, Jongno-gu to offer much-needed exhibition space for artists and arts groups. In 1979, Misulhoegwan moved to its present building, designed by preeminent Korean architect Kim Swoo-geun (1931-1986) and located in Marronnier Park, the former site of Seoul National University. The two neighboring brick buildings accommodating ARKO Art Center and ARKO Arts Theater are the major landmarks of the district of Daehakro.
As more public and private museums and commercial galleries came into the art scene in the 1990s, Misulhoegwan shifted to curating and presenting its own exhibitions. Renamed as Marronnier Art Center in 2002, ARKO Art Center assumed a full-fledged art museum system and played an increasingly prominent role as a public arts organization leading the contemporary art paradigm. When The Korea Culture and Arts Foundation was reborn as Arts Council Korea, Marronnier Art Center became ARKO Art Center named after the abbreviation for Arts Council Korea in 2005.
ARKO Art Center is committed to working as a platform where research, production, exhibitions and the exchange of creative activities grow and develop in connection with one another in addition to having a diversity of programs including thematic exhibitions addressing social agenda and public programs widely promoting various discourses in art.



Inquiry

+82-2-760-4850


Homepage

www.arko.or.kr


Information Use

Contact and Information : +82-2-760-4850

Parking facilities : Available

Day off : Mondays, New Year's Day, the day of Seollal (Lunar New Year's Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day)

Charges : Free

Hours : 11:00-19:00 / * Last admission is 30 minutes before closing.

Scale : Total floor area 2,969.58 ㎡

Touring Time : Approx. 30 min


More information

Program Information
Educational programs

Industry Information
Children's workshop and exhibition, props and aritsts, workshop programs for teachers, AAC consortium, community service programs, etc.

Reservations
Phone-reservation required for school groups (kindergarten, elementary, junior high and high school)
Inquiry: +82-2-760-4626

Location

3, Dongsung-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Yeoju Museum (여주박물관)

Yeoju Museum (여주박물관)

2024-08-21

6-12 Silleuksa-gil, Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do

Yeoju Museum first opened in 1997 as the Yeoju Folk History Museum, surveying and displaying the history and relics of the area. The name changed to the current Yeoju Museum in 2016 with the addition of the Yeoma-kwan Building. The museum features both permanent exhibitions and planned exhibitions, as well as offering special lectures and educational programs.

Everland Rocksville (에버랜드 락스빌)

Everland Rocksville (에버랜드 락스빌)

2024-07-31

199 Everland-ro, Pogok-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do

'Dynamite' music video
It is a theme zone in Everland created with the theme of American rock and roll culture in the 1960s. BTS planned to sing "Dynamite," a song that topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, live on the American NBC talent show "America’s Got Talent," but it was not possible due to COVID-19, so it was pre-filmed here with a retro concept. The music video recorded 100 million views on YouTube on the day it aired. Rocksville also emerged as a new attraction of Everland after BTS visited. The photo spot is in front of Starlight Restaurant where BTS danced.

Jeonpo Samgeori (전포 삼거리)

Jeonpo Samgeori (전포 삼거리)

2024-07-30

320 Jinnam-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan

The movie <Broker> - The bus stop where IU was standing
In the trailer, the bus stop where singer and actress IU stood with a depressed look is the Jeonpo Samgeori bus stop. Right in front of the bus stop, there are two public phone booths where she used to call the police. Red bricks, faded murals, slanted electric poles, and narrow sidewalks make it a photo spot as it is undecorated.

Handok Museum (한독의약박물관)

Handok Museum (한독의약박물관)

2024-07-25

78 Daepungsandan-ro, Daeso-myeon, Eumseong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do

The Handok Museum was founded to promote and introduce Handok, a producer of Korean medicines. The museum aims to introduce the benefits and breakthroughs of Korean medicine in an easy-to-understand way.

Jeongjo Theme Performance Hall (정조테마공연장)

Jeongjo Theme Performance Hall (정조테마공연장)

2024-07-24

817 Jeongjo-ro, Paldal-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do

Jeongjo Theme Performance Hall is located in a hanok-style building just next to the Temporary Palace of Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon. The hall serves as venue to a range of performances, both traditional and modern, and is a great addition to family visits to the area.

Jeju Holic Museum (제주홀릭뮤지엄)

Jeju Holic Museum (제주홀릭뮤지엄)

2024-07-24

2835 Pyeonghwa-ro, Aewol-eup, Jeju-si, Jeju-do

Jeju Holic Museum is located in what used to be a senior care facility that closed down. The museum tells the story of Jeju through five different spaces, using unique and modern ways of storytelling.

Seonghee Girls' High School (성희여자고등학교)

Seonghee Girls' High School (성희여자고등학교)

2024-07-17

San102-1 Jeongha-dong, Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-858-7766

Much of the drama "All of Us Are Dead" was filmed at the school because of the plot, which takes place in a high school where a zombie virus has spread. The place that became the background is Seonghee Girls' High School. A banner of the drama is hung at the main gate, and a photo zone is also set up inside the school. You can see the road in front of the school, the school gate, and the bridge between the buildings from the drama.

Ahyeon Supermarket (아현슈퍼)

Ahyeon Supermarket (아현슈퍼)

2024-07-17

13 Namgosanseong 1-gil, Wansan-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk-do

For the filming of a drama set in the 1990s, it was decorated as a place with a retro old supermarket atmosphere. It was demolished after filming, but was re-installed thanks to the popularity of the drama. The scene where Na Heedo and Baek Iijin  misunderstood about kissing, and Baek Iijin  protecting Na Heedo from the motorcycle were filmed. The low wooden bench where the main characters sat down and talked to each other is a photo spot.

Mosan Airfield (모산비행장)

2024-07-31

Goam-dong, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do

BTS‘EPILOGUE Young Forever’
This is the endless runway where the 7 members of BTS walked side by side. It was built for flight training in the past, but is now being used as a public park. Depending on the season, there is a flower field where sunflowers, verbena, crape myrtle, and pink muhly are in full bloom, so it is perfect for viewing and taking pictures. There are cafes around the runway to add a break to sightseeing.

Seoul Wave Art Center (서울웨이브아트센터)

2024-07-30

145-35 Jamwon-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul

Seoul Wave Art Center is located within Jamwon Hangang Park, and focuses on promoting the relationship between the sky and earth, people and nature, and people and people. The art center opened in 2020 and has continued to host a range of new exhibitions.