The Iksan National Museum, formerly the Mireuksaji Museum is located in the city of

Iksan Iksan ( ko, 익산; ) is a city and major railway junction in North Jeolla Province, (commonly transliterated as Jeollabuk-do or Chollabuk-do) South Korea. The city center and railway junction was formerly called "Iri" (), but merged with Iksan ...

, in the

North Jeolla Province North Jeolla Province (; ''Jeollabuk-do''), also known as Jeonbuk, is a province of South Korea. North Jeolla has a population of 1,869,711 (2015) and has a geographic area of 8,067 km2 (3,115 sq mi) located in the Honam region in the southwes ...

, South Korea. Iksan was the capital of the

Baekje Baekje or Paekche (, ) was a Korean kingdom located in southwestern Korea from 18 BC to 660 AD. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla. Baekje was founded by Onjo, the third son of Goguryeo's founder Jum ...

kingdom. The museum displays and preserves the relics excavated from the Mireuksa site, a Buddhist temple, and location of the Mireuksaji Stone Pagoda. It holds different cultural events and summer school for students. Through this, it puts a lot of effort to be a national museum. It also runs various exhibitions and seminars. It opens from 9am to 6pm on weekdays, and it closes on every Monday and the first of January of every year.

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Museums in North Jeolla Province Iksan Museums established in 1994 1994 establishments in South Korea {{SouthKorea-museum-stub