Petite Joongang Family Museum (작은 중앙가족박물관(한방개인박물관)) - Area information - Korea travel information

Petite Joongang Family Museum (작은 중앙가족박물관(한방개인박물관))

Petite Joongang Family Museum (작은 중앙가족박물관(한방개인박물관))

8.6Km    2021-12-20

50-5, Jungang-daero 77-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu

Petite Joongang Family Museum is a family-owned museum that showcases the antiquities of Oriental medicine, as practiced by a local family for three generations over 90 years in the city of Daegu, a city known for its 350-year-old medicinal herb market. The tools used by the family including scales, medicine bowls, prescriptions and manuscripts of traditional medicine tell the history of Oriental medicine in Korea as well as the family's dedication to treatment using the traditional herbal medicine practice. The museum serves its visitors with healthy Oriental medicine tea, while the living family members offer free medical consultation.

Bongsan Cultural Center (봉산문화회관)

8.7Km    2022-12-26

77, Bongsanmunhwa-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu

Bongsan Cultural Center is a comprehensive culture and arts complex located on Bongsan Culture Street in downtown Daegu. The center serves to provide cultural entertainment to the community as well as contribute to the development of traditional culture and local art. The center also provides opportunities for the public to participate in well-being recreational activities and acquire life-long education related to culture and arts.

The center has five modern exhibition halls (Exhibition Hall No. 1-4 and Art Space) and two performance halls (Gaon Hall with 442 seats and Space Raon with 90 seats). As the center is located near Banwoldang Station (Daegu Subway Line 1), it is easily accessible by public transportation.

Bongsan Culture Street (봉산문화거리)

Bongsan Culture Street (봉산문화거리)

8.7Km    2025-01-09

38, Bongsanmunhwa-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu

Bongsan Culture Street is a landmark culture & arts place in Daegu. The street, which stretches all the way from Daegu Hakwon to Bongsan Yukgeori (six-way intersection), has over 20 galleries of various sizes.

It was 1991 when the small alley with several art galleries started to turn into a breeding ground for culture and the arts. Soon after, the street was officially designated ‘Bongsan Culture Street’ and subsequently, the roads were neatly paved, artistic street lamps were installed, and streetside gardens were created. With the opening of Bongsan Culture Center and Cultural House for Teens, the street became increasingly frequently by citizens, not just professional artists.

At Bongsan Culture Street, artwork os on display throughout the year and every October (when the Bongsan Art Festival is held) the whole street is filled with artistic passion.

Daegu Yangnyeongsi Museum of Oriental Medicine (대구약령시 한의약박물관)

8.7Km    2023-01-06

49, Dalgubeol-daero 415-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu

Yangnyeongsi Museum of Oriental Medicine continues to provide an opportunity to experience the 350-year-old traditions of Oriental medicine and medicine markets through multiple exhibitions and various hands-on experience programs. The museum provides graphics and animation shows in four languages as well as approximately 300 items on display. The first floor also houses the nation’s only wholesale market of traditional medicinal herbs.

Suchang Youth Mansion (수창청춘맨숀)

Suchang Youth Mansion (수창청춘맨숀)

8.7Km    2025-08-11

27 Dalseong-ro 22-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu

Once a derelict space and an eyesore, this facility was reborn as an art and cultural space. The building preserves its 50-year history with its old facade and houses an area dedicated to young artists in its interior, thus reborn as a space where the old coexist with the new. Suchang Youth Mansion, named so as a retro-style throwback to the old days when such English loanwords were not as common as today, opened its doors in December 2017. Today, it functions as a space for Daegu’s young artists. The first floor of Building A houses a cafe, while the second floor houses the art and cultural space, in which visitors can get a glimpse into Daegu’s unique identity through works of art, including those created by young artists of the region.

Daegu Jeil Church (대구제일교회)

8.8Km    2024-10-11

50, Gukchaebosang-ro 102-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu

Daegu Jeil Church is the oldest Protestant Church in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. Initially established in 1898 over four tile-roofed houses, Daegu Jeil Church was rebuilt in 1933 with traditional and Western architectural designs. Subsequently, Deacon Lee Ju-Yeol dedicated a 33m bell tower in 1937, whlie the church underwent an interior renovation in 1969, and an expansion in 1981.

In conjuction with its physical development, which was at the forefront of the nation's architectural modernization, the church contributed largely to modernization and expansion of Christianity in the region as well as in Korea. In addition, by introducing modern medicine and education to the citizens of Daegu, the founders of Daegu Jeil Church stimulated social development in the region.

Gyonam YMCA (교남YMCA)

8.8Km    2023-01-20

22, Namseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu

Established in December 1921, the Gyonam YMCA Hall served as a gateway to the modern movement in Daegu. During the Japanese colonial period, it was a meeting place and a base for Christian national movements such as the Product Promotion Movement, the Christian Rural Movement, and the Singanhoe Movement. This hall is a two-story red brick building built by the American missionary Blair in 1914. It retains the characteristics of the 1910s and '20s masonry construction, such as decorating the first and second floors with cornices and securing a square window with arches. In the early days, it was used as a place for students' education, evening classes, and lectures. 

Hanok 1957 (한옥1957)

Hanok 1957 (한옥1957)

8.9Km    2024-12-13

20-2 , Gukchaebosang-ro 101-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu

Located downtown Daegu, Hanok 1957 is a traditional Korean hanok built with red pine and woven with clay and straw roof tiles. The rafters, beams, and cabinets inlaid with mother-of-pearl add comfort and tranquility to the interior. There are five guest rooms, all of which are ondol (underfloor heated) rooms with bathrooms. There is a shared kitchen where you can cook simple meals. Seomun Market Station and Daegu Station are within walking distance, and nearby attractions include Dalseong Park and Seomun Market are also nearby. 

Daegu Gyesan Cathedral (대구 계산동성당)

8.9Km    2024-07-31

10 Seoseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu

Daegu Gyesan Cathedral is one of Daegu's main churches, designed by Father Poisnel, who also designed Myeongdong Cathedral and imported stained glass for the windows directly from France. Being located in the city center, the cathedral is especially beautiful when seen at night.

House of Yi Sang-hwa (이상화 고택)

8.9Km    2023-01-06

6-1, Seoseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu

Yi Sang-hwa was a nationalist poet, who resisted the Japanese colonialism. This was his house from 1939 until his death in 1943. His house was neglected after he died, until a citizens' movement in 1999 to preserve the house urged the Military Mutual Aid Association to purchase it, and donate it to the City of Daegu on October 27, 2005. It has been restored and opened to the public, serving as the center for education of the poet's brave spirit and work.