Attraction · Jongno-gu

Is National Folk Museum of Korea & Children's Museum wheelchair accessible?

Name: National Folk Museum of Korea & Children's Museum
Address: 서울특별시 종로구 삼청로 37 (세종로), Jongno-gu, KR

국립민속박물관과 국립민속박물관 어린이박물관

Official information confirms 4 accessibility features at National Folk Museum of Korea & Children's Museum, including entrance, restroom, wheelchair rental and approach / surface. Information about elevator, parking, accessible seating is currently unavailable. This is not a guarantee that the entire site is wheelchair accessible.

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4 of 9 details available

Entrance Confirmed
Restroom Confirmed
Elevator Unknown
Wheelchair rental Confirmed
Parking Unknown
Approach / surface Confirmed
Accessible seating Unknown
Accessible room Unknown
Public transport Unknown

What’s confirmed

Entrance
Restroom
Wheelchair rental
Approach / surface

From the official Korea Tourism Organization record. Partial items (amber) describe some access, not a fully step-free route.

What we still don’t know

Elevator I saw this
Parking I saw this
Accessible seating I saw this
Public transport I saw this

These are not in the official record yet. Confirm with the venue before you visit — a blank field is never treated as “no.”

Visit details

The National Folk Museum of Korea is a national museum of folk life history, with a main building in Gyeongbokgung and a Paju branch, holding about 4,000 traditional everyday objects. The main site includes a children’s museum. Permanent galleries cover a Korean’s day, year, and life, plus special and outdoor displays such as zodiac statues, jangseung, a millstone, and a 1970s–80s alley. Education, holiday events, and programs for foreigners are listed on the website. The children’s museum is free, reservation-only, once per person per day, in 30-minute groups of 50; hours and programs change by month.

Hours: [National Folk Museum of Korea]- Mar–Oct 09:00–18:00 (last admission 17:00)- Nov–Feb 09:00–17:00 (last admission 16:00)[National Folk Museum Children's Museum]- 09:30–16:50Note: schedules may change — see the official website

Closed: Jan 1 / Seollal and Chuseok

Information: 02-3704-3114

Address: Jongno-gu Samcheong-ro 37 (Sejong-ro), Seoul

Official website: https://www.nfm.go.kr/home/index.do

Evidence

Entrance

Confirmed

Official information indicates entrance accessibility is available.

Official Korean source text

주출입구는 경사로가 있어 휠체어 접근 가능함