The National Science Museum is a
national
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Places in the United States
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science museum
A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in ...
in
Daejeon
Daejeon () is South Korea's fifth-largest metropolis, with a population of 1.5 million as of 2019. Located in the central-west region of South Korea alongside forested hills and the Geum River, the city is known both for its technology an ...
,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
. It first opened in
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
in 1926 and became a national museum in 1949. It moved to its current location in 1990 which is across the street from
Expo Park which housed the
Daejeon Expo in 1993. It received 1,795,076 visitors in 2017.
See also
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List of museums in South Korea
There are over 500 museums and galleries in South Korea.
National museums
Museums in Seoul
Provincial and private museums
See also
* Architecture of South Korea
*List of South Korean tourist attractions
*List of tallest buildings in Seoul
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Daejeon Convention Center
Daejeon Convention Center, also known as simply DCC is the convention center run by the Daejeon Tourism Organization and the sole convention center for the city.
Facilities
The first building, known as DCC1, was opened in 2008 with four exhibit ...
References
External links
Official Site of the National Science Museum of South Korea (English)
National museums of South Korea
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