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Gunsan with kids: where to go and how

With kids in Gunsan, split your trip into two clusters.

The Modern History Museum (children's museum on the 1st floor), Jinpo Marine Park (16 pieces of retired military equipment) and the Teddy Bear Museum (moving teddy bears) are within 1 km of each other in a straight line. The Geumgang Future Experience Center, where kids see eagles, meerkats and parrots outdoors, and King Kong Playground, where children from 18 months feed animals, are about 1.5 km apart in a straight line. All distances differ from actual travel distances. Children 6 and under get in free at the Geumgang Future Experience Center and the Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period, and children under 36 months at the Teddy Bear Museum. The Teddy Bear Museum and King Kong Playground open on Mondays. That day, the Modern History Museum, Jinpo Marine Park, the Chae Man-sik Literary Museum, the Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period and the Geumgang Future Experience Center close. Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI lists 4 places, including Jinpo Marine Park and the Chae Man-sik Literary Museum, as having no stroller rental. At the Modern History Museum, you can borrow one at the information desk without a reservation, as the museum's website answer says.

The 10 places in this guideFull list

  1. Modern History Museum

    Museums and exhibitions

    Hours
    March–October 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)November–February 09:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30)
    Closed days
    Every Monday more

  2. Jinpo Marine Park

    Nature and outdoors

    Hours
    09:00–21:00 (last entry 20:30)
    Closed days
    Every Monday

  3. Teddy Bear Museum

    Museums and exhibitions · Wolmyeong-dong

    Hours
    10:00–19:00 (last entry 18:00)
    Closed days
    Open all year

  4. Geumgang Future Experience Center

    Museums and exhibitions · Seongsan-myeon

    Hours
    March–October 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)November–February 09:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30)
    Closed days
    Every Monday (if Monday is a public holiday, it opens and closes the next weekday instead), January 1

  5. King Kong Playground

    Hands-on experiences · Seongsan-myeon

    Hours
    April–October 10:00–18:00November–March 10:00–17:00
    Closed days
    Open all year

  6. Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period

    Museums and exhibitions

    Hours
    Summer (March–October) 09:00–18:00Winter (November–February) 09:00–17:00 · Last entry is 30 minutes before closing
    Closed days
    Every Monday more

  7. Chae Man-sik Literary Museum

    Museums and exhibitions · Naeheung-dong

    Hours
    March–October 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)November–February 09:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30)
    Closed days
    Every Monday more

  8. Kkumdeure Farm

    Hands-on experiences · Okseo-myeon

    Not listed: Hours·Closed days·Fee

  9. Sarang Ttalgi

    Hands-on experiences · Seosu-myeon

    Not listed: Hours·Closed days·Fee

  10. Seonyu Sky Sunline

    Hands-on experiences · Okdo-myeon

    Hours
    Open 09:00–17:20Break 11:30–12:30
    Closed days
    Closed in winter (December–February). Any temporary opening will be announced separately

Photos: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3 (no changes allowed), KOGL Type 1

Around the Modern History Museum: a children's museum, a warship and teddy bears within 1 km in a straight line

  • The 1st floor of the Modern History Museum has a separate 126 m² children's museum.
  • From the museum, Jinpo Marine Park is about 500 m in a straight line and Teddy Bear Museum about 630 m.
  • Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period is about 390 m from Teddy Bear Museum (all straight-line distances; actual travel distance differs).
  • Jinpo Marine Park displays 16 retired army, navy and air force pieces of 13 types. They include the Wibongham warship, a coast guard patrol boat, an amphibious armored vehicle, a self-propelled gun and an F-86 fighter jet.
  • Inside the 4,200-ton-class Wibongham warship, you can see models and gear recreating barracks life, and there are One-day Navy Experience and barracks life programs.
  • Teddy Bear Museum follows a world travel theme, with moving teddy bears that recreate tales and historical events handed down in each country and city.
  • The Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period has its exhibition hall on the 3rd floor and parking on the 1st and 2nd floors, and there is an elevator at the entrance.

Around the Geumgang Future Experience Center: outdoor animal exhibits, animal feeding and a literary museum yard

  • The outdoor exhibition areas of Geumgang Future Experience Center include a raptor aviary (vultures and Eurasian eagle-owls), a global warming zone (tropical plants, meerkats and parrots) and a resource recycling zone with an earthworm area.
  • The 9th floor of the building has an insect specimen exhibit and the 11th floor a Geumgang River estuary observatory. It runs programs for preschool and elementary children and regular programs.
  • King Kong Playground has animal feeding, a disc activity and a forest play space.
  • Activities are for ages from 18-month-old toddlers to adults, and there is parking for about 100 cars.
  • Chae Man-sik Literary Museum runs a hands-on class where children draw the setting of the novel 'Muddy Stream,' and its yard has rest areas such as a literature plaza, a footpath and a railroad track.
  • The three places are about 1.4–1.5 km apart in a straight line (actual travel distance differs).
  • Gunsan City Culture and Tourism's day course 'Course B | Modern–Geumgang Area' also starts at the Modern History Museum and passes Chae Man-sik Literary Museum and Geumgang Future Experience Center.

Children's fees: places free for ages 6 and under, and a place free on Wednesdays

  • The Geumgang Future Experience Center is free for ages 6 and under.
  • The children's fee is 500 won for visitors from outside Gunsan and 300 won for Gunsan residents.
  • Wednesday (Culture Day) is also a free admission day.
  • Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI lists it as every Wednesday, while the center's website notice lists every Wednesday from April to December 2026.
  • The Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period is also free for ages 6 and under, and children pay 500 won (200 won for Gunsan residents).
  • At the Modern History Museum, a single children's ticket is 500 won, and the museum combined ticket, which also covers the Wibongham warship at Jinpo Marine Park, is 1,000 won.
  • The Chae Man-sik Literary Museum charges children 200 won.
  • The Teddy Bear Museum charges children 10,000 won and is free for those under 36 months.
  • King Kong Playground charges 6,000 won for ages 18 months and up, 4,000 won for guardians and 3,000 won for grandparents.
  • The Seonyu Sky Sunline observatory is free for children under 7 and costs 1,000 won for children aged 7–12.
  • The aerial descent from the 12th floor costs 16,000 won for children aged 7–12.

On Mondays, the Teddy Bear Museum and King Kong Playground are open

Check stroller rental ahead, and pick places with a ramp or elevator at the entrance

  • At the Modern History Museum, you can borrow a stroller at the museum information desk without a reservation (museum website Q&A).
  • For Chae Man-sik Literary Museum, Jinpo Marine Park, King Kong Playground and the Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period, Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI lists stroller rental as none or not available.
  • So it is better to bring your own.
  • The Modern History Museum, Geumgang Future Experience Center, Chae Man-sik Literary Museum and Teddy Bear Museum have gentle ramps to the entrance, and the Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period has an elevator at the entrance.
  • You can borrow wheelchairs: 9 at Geumgang Future Experience Center, 1 at Chae Man-sik Literary Museum and 8 at the Modern History Museum.
  • Accessible toilets for men and women are at the Modern History Museum, Geumgang Future Experience Center and the Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period.
  • Chae Man-sik Literary Museum and Jinpo Marine Park have no accessible toilets (Gunsan City Culture and Tourism).
  • Parking is free at the Modern History Museum and Chae Man-sik Literary Museum.

All 18 farm and fishing village experience sites need a reservation, and 10 accept children from age 3

  • The 18 places classified as farm and fishing village experiences or quality-certified rural education farms run programs only after you consult and book in advance.
  • Of these, 10 accept children from age 3, 6 from age 5, and 1 each from age 7 and age 8.
  • Kkumdeure Farm in Okseo-myeon runs apple picking for children with 10–40 people per session.
  • Sarang Ttalgi in Seosu-myeon runs strawberry picking with 10–50 people per session.
  • You can also pick strawberries at Seonhan Farm in Seosu-myeon and Susanghan Haneul Garden in Okgu-eup, and grapes at Melody in Oksan-myeon.
  • All three accept children from age 3.

The 10 places in this guide

  1. 1

    Modern History MuseumMuseums and exhibitions

    It has a separate 126 m² children's museum on the 1st floor. Children pay 500 won for a single ticket and 1,000 won for the combined museum ticket, and parking is free. It closes every Monday and on January 1, and a gentle ramp leads up to the entrance. You can borrow a stroller at the museum information desk without a reservation (museum's website answer).

    Hours
    March–October 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)November–February 09:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30)
    Closed days
    Every Monday more
    Fee
    Adults 2,000 wonMuseum combined ticket: Adults 3,000 won more
    Modern History Museum photo 1
  2. 2

    Jinpo Marine ParkNature and outdoors

    It displays 16 retired army, navy and air force pieces, such as the Wibongham warship, an F-86 fighter jet and a self-propelled gun. There are models of barracks life inside the Wibongham warship and One-day Navy Experience and barracks life programs. It is about 500 m from the Modern History Museum in a straight line (actual travel distance differs), and it is closed every Monday.

    Hours
    09:00–21:00 (last entry 20:30)
    Closed days
    Every Monday
    Fee
    Individuals more
    Jinpo Marine Park photo 1
  3. 3

    Teddy Bear MuseumMuseums and exhibitions · Wolmyeong-dong

    This exhibition hall shows folk tales and historical scenes from different countries and cities with moving teddy bears. It is open all year, so it opens on Mondays, when other museums close. Children pay 10,000 won, those under 36 months get in free, and it opens 10:00–19:00 (last entry 18:00).

    Hours
    10:00–19:00 (last entry 18:00)
    Closed days
    Open all year
    Fee
    Adults 12,000 wonIndividuals more
    Teddy Bear Museum
  4. 4

    Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial PeriodMuseums and exhibitions

    There is no age limit for visitors. It is free for ages 6 and under, and children pay 500 won (200 won for Gunsan residents). The exhibition hall is on the 3rd floor, and there is an elevator at the entrance. It is about 390 m from Teddy Bear Museum in a straight line (actual travel distance differs), and it is closed every Monday, on January 1, on Lunar New Year's Day and on Chuseok.

    Hours
    Summer (March–October) 09:00–18:00Winter (November–February) 09:00–17:00 · Last entry is 30 minutes before closing
    Closed days
    Every Monday more
    Fee
    Individuals more
    Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period photo 1
  5. 5

    Geumgang Future Experience CenterMuseums and exhibitions · Seongsan-myeon

    In the outdoor exhibition area, split into the raptor aviary, the global warming zone and the resource recycling zone, you can see vultures, meerkats and parrots and join programs for preschool and elementary children. Children age 6 and under are free and children pay 500 won (300 won for Gunsan residents). For free admission on Wednesdays (Culture Day), Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI says every Wednesday, and the center's website notice says April–December 2026.

    Hours
    March–October 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)November–February 09:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30)
    Closed days
    Every Monday (if Monday is a public holiday, it opens and closes the next weekday instead), January 1
    Fee
    Adults 2,000 wonCombined ticket: Adults 5,000 won more
    Geumgang Future Experience Center photo 1
  6. 6

    Chae Man-sik Literary MuseumMuseums and exhibitions · Naeheung-dong

    It runs a hands-on class for children drawing the setting of 'Muddy Stream,' and its yard has rest areas such as a literature plaza, a footpath and a railroad track. Children pay 200 won, parking is free, and it is closed every Monday and on January 1.

    Hours
    March–October 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)November–February 09:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30)
    Closed days
    Every Monday more
    Fee
    Adults: 500 wonCombined ticket: Adults 5,000 won more
  7. 7

    King Kong PlaygroundHands-on experiences · Seongsan-myeon

    It has animal feeding, a disc activity and a forest play space, open to ages 18 months through adults. The fee is 6,000 won for ages 18 months and up, with separate fees of 4,000 won for guardians and 3,000 won for grandparents. It is open all year but closes on rainy days.

    Hours
    April–October 10:00–18:00November–March 10:00–17:00
    Closed days
    Open all year
    Fee
    Ages 18 months and up 6,000 won more
    King Kong Playground photo 1
  8. 8

    Kkumdeure FarmHands-on experiences · Okseo-myeon

    This farm in Okseo-myeon runs apple picking for children from age 3. Booking ahead is required, and each session takes 10–40 people.

    Hours
    Not listed
    Closed days
    Not listed
    Fee
    Not listed
  9. 9

    Sarang TtalgiHands-on experiences · Seosu-myeon

    This farm in Seosu-myeon runs strawberry picking for children from age 3. Booking ahead is required, and each session takes 10–50 people.

    Hours
    Not listed
    Closed days
    Not listed
    Fee
    Not listed
  10. 10

    Seonyu Sky SunlineHands-on experiences · Okdo-myeon

    Riders on the aerial descent from the 12th floor must be at least 120 cm tall and weigh at least 35 kg, and the fee for children aged 7–12 is 16,000 won. The observatory on floors 10 and 11 is free for children under 7. It is in Okdo-myeon, about 33.6 km from the Modern History Museum in a straight line (actual travel distance differs). It does not run from December to February.

    Hours
    Open 09:00–17:20Break 11:30–12:30
    Closed days
    Closed in winter (December–February). Any temporary opening will be announced separately
    Fee
    General 20,000 won (ages 13 and up)Aerial descent (12th floor) more
    Seonyu Sky Sunline

Photos: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3 (no changes allowed), KOGL Type 1

FAQ

Where can I go with kids in Gunsan?

The Modern History Museum (children's museum on the 1st floor), Jinpo Marine Park (16 pieces of retired military equipment) and the Teddy Bear Museum (moving teddy bears) are within 1 km of each other in a straight line. At the Geumgang Future Experience Center, kids can see eagles, meerkats and parrots in the outdoor exhibit area. At King Kong Playground, about 1.5 km away in a straight line, children from 18 months can feed animals. All distances are straight-line distances and differ from actual travel distances. source 1

Are any Gunsan museums free for kids?

The Geumgang Future Experience Center and the Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period are free for ages 6 and under. The Teddy Bear Museum is free for children under 36 months. The Geumgang Future Experience Center also has free admission on Wednesday (Culture Day). Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI lists it as every Wednesday, while the center's website notice lists every Wednesday from April to December 2026. source 2

Can I borrow a stroller at Gunsan sights?

At the Modern History Museum, you can borrow one at the information desk without a reservation (museum website Q&A). For Chae Man-sik Literary Museum, Jinpo Marine Park, King Kong Playground and the Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period, Korea Tourism Organization TourAPI lists stroller rental as none or not available, so bring your own. The Modern History Museum, Geumgang Future Experience Center, Chae Man-sik Literary Museum and Teddy Bear Museum have gentle ramps to the entrance, and the Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period has an elevator at the entrance. source 3

Is there a Gunsan museum I can visit with kids on a Monday?

The Teddy Bear Museum is open all year, so it opens on Mondays too, 10:00–19:00 (last entry 18:00). The Modern History Museum, the Chae Man-sik Literary Museum, the Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period and Jinpo Marine Park close every Monday. The Geumgang Future Experience Center closes on Mondays, but if a Monday is a public holiday, it opens and closes the next weekday instead. source 4

1Gunsan City Culture and Tourism2Gunsan City Culture and Tourism3Korea Tourism Organization (VisitKorea)4Gunsan City Culture and Tourism

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