Gongju National Museum

Welcome to the Gongju National Museum, a profound sanctuary of heritage where the ancient and illustrious history of the Baekje Kingdom is meticulously preserved and eloquently presented. As you stand in the grand foyer of this…

As you step into the first major exhibition zone, the lighting dramatically dims, simulating the profound and sacred atmosphere of the entrance passageway to an ancient tomb. Directly in front of you sits a creature of…

Moving just beyond the stone guardian, we arrive at an exhibit that fundamentally rewrote the history books of ancient Korea. Displayed here with the utmost reverence are two rectangular stone plaques, known as Jiseok, or epitaph…

As we progress deeper into the exhibition, we encounter the somber and magnificent reconstructed remains of the royal coffins. For centuries, the high humidity and natural subterranean conditions of the tomb caused the organic…

We now enter perhaps the most visually spectacular section of the Ungjin exhibition: The Royal Adornment Gallery. Here, the sheer, unadulterated wealth and the breathtaking artistic genius of the Baekje kingdom are on full,…

Leaving the radiant treasures of the Ungjin period behind, we step into a darker, more turbulent narrative space. This special exhibition hall, titled Hanseong Four Seventy Five, rewinds the chronological clock to explore the…

We now move into a gallery dedicated to a high stakes geopolitical chess match, a narrative defined by strategic deception, desperate diplomacy, and monumental tragedy. This is the story of King Gaero of Baekje and his bitter…

Having explored the grand political maneuvers, we now descend into the brutal reality of the battlefield in the Ancient Armory gallery. Here, the abstract concepts of war are materialized into the cold, heavy iron of fifth…

Adjacent to the armory, we enter the Armor and Cavalry Pavilion, a space dedicated to the desperate attempts to protect human life against the devastating weapons we just examined. The defining defensive innovation of this era…

As we reach the conclusion of our journey through the Gongju National Museum, we must confront the tragic climax of the Hanseong era and the miraculous rebirth that followed. In September of the year four seventy five, the grand…