Gwacheon National Science Museum
Gwacheon National Science Museum is a national museum in Gwacheon, South Korea. It opened in 2008.Photo: Kwangmo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:30 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: national museum
- Address: 상하벌로 110, 과천시, 과천동, 경기도 13817
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Seoul Racecourse Park and Seoul Land.
Seoul Racecourse Park
Metro station
Seoul Racecourse Park Station is a station on Line 4 of the Seoul Subway. Its current name was given in 2000, before that it was called Gyeongmajang-yeok. Seoul Racecourse Park is situated 620 metres north of Gwacheon National Science Museum.
Seoul Land
Theme park
Photo: Bart0278, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seoul Land is an amusement park opened in 1988, in Gwacheon, a city in Gyeonggi-do province, South Korea. Located in the Seoul Grand Park complex, it opened just before the 1988 Summer Olympics. Seoul Land is situated 1¼ km east of Gwacheon National Science Museum.
Korea Racing Authority Equine Museum
Museum
The Korea Racing Authority Equine Museum is a horse museum in Gwacheon, South Korea. Established on September 13, 1988, to complement Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, it has over 50,000 visitors annually in a variety of audiences, ranging from the elderly to children. Korea Racing Authority Equine Museum is situated 1¼ km northeast of Gwacheon National Science Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galhyeon-dong and Pyeongchon-dong.
Galhyeon-dong
Quarter
Photo: 안우석, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Galhyeon-dong is a dong of Eunpyeong District, Seoul, South Korea. It is divided into two sub-districts, Galhyeon 1-dong and Galhyeon 2-dong. The northern boundary is Jingwan-dong, while Bulgwang-dong lies to the east. Galhyeon-dong is situated 3½ km southwest of Gwacheon National Science Museum.
Pyeongchon-dong
Quarter
Pyeongchon-dong is neighborhood of Dongan district in the city of Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Pyeongchon-dong is situated 5 km southwest of Gwacheon National Science Museum.
Burim-dong
Quarter
Burim-dong is a dong of Dongan District, Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Burim-dong is situated 6 km southwest of Gwacheon National Science Museum.
Gwacheon National Science Museum
- Categories: national museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Gwacheon-dong, Gwacheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.43853° or 37° 26′ 19″ northLongitude
127.00554° or 127° 0′ 20″ eastOpen location code
8Q99C2Q4+C6OpenStreetMap ID
way 279271034OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q625624
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Gwacheon National Science Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “國立果川科學館”
- Japanese: “国立果川科学館”
- Japanese: “大韓民国国立果川科学館”
- Korean: “국립과천과학관”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Ciencias de Gwacheon”
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