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Jeju Folklore & Natural History Museum

Jeju Folklore & Natural History Museum

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The Jeju Folklore & Natural History Museum showcases the island's unique traditional culture and natural environment. It features exhibits on Jeju’s natural history, folklore, marine life, and an interactive Jeju Experience Center. Enhancing visitor engamgent, the museum includes dioramas and animated films. A highlight of the Sea Exhibition Hall is the 13m-long skeleton of a Bryde's whale, discovered dead on a jeju beach in 2004.

TypeMuseums & galleries
RegionJeju
Address40 Samseong-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju-do

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