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Park Soo Keun Museum

Park Soo Keun Museum

박수근미술관 · Gangwon · Museums & galleries

Park Soo Keun (1914-1965) was an artist who devoted his life to drawing the lives of ordinary people with a warm gaze. The Park Soo Keum Museum, which has a floor space of 700 square meters, is built upon the artist’s birthplace in his hometown in Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do. The museum was founded with the intent to develop into a major cultural space for the region and to honor Park Soo Keun’s life and art. The collection of Park Soo Keun’s artworks shown at the museum include his oil paintings, a number of prints such as "The Tree and Two Ladies" and "Tapdori," watercolor painting "Watercolors," and dozens of other drawings.

TypeMuseums & galleries
RegionGangwon
Address265-15, Parksookeun-ro, Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do
Hours09:00-18:00 · * Last admission is 1 hour before closing.
ClosedMondays (except when Monday is a holiday), January 1, the morning of Seollal (Lunar New Year's Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day)
AdmissionAdults (ages 20 & older) 6,000 won · Students (elementary school to high school) 3,000 won · · * Free admission: Senior citizens (ages 65 & older), preschoolers (ages 7 & under)
ParkingAvailable

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