Museum Kimchikan (), formerly Kimchi Field Museum, is a food

museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...

in Insa-dong, Jongno District,

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, South Korea. It originally opened in 1986 as the first such museum in Korea, and has since moved locations twice. It focuses on kimchi: one of the staples of

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Exhibits focus on the food's history, its historical and regional varieties, and its importance to

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and

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. The museum collects data and statistics on kimchi and regularly offers activities for visitors, such as demonstrations of the kimchi-making process, kimchi tastings, and cooking classes. It is closed on Mondays, as well as during Lunar New Year, Chuseok, and Christmas. The admission fees are KRW 5,000 for adults (19 & up), KRW 3,000 for adolescents and teens (8-18), and KRW 2,000 for children (3-7), with the Cabbage Kimchi Workshop priced at KRW 25,000.

History

The Kimchi Field Museum was originally established in 1986 in Pil-dong, Jung District. It was the first museum to kimchi in the country. From 1987, the museum was managed by Pulmuone Inc. In 1988, the museum was moved to the COEX (Convention and Exhibition Center), in connection with the

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that were hosted in Seoul that year. In 2015, the museum was selected as one of the world's top 11 food museums by '' CNN''. The museum moved from its COEX location, and was reopened in its current Insa-dong location on April 21, 2015.

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