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Indoor sights in Gunsan on a rainy day: which ones open on which day?

On a rainy day in Gunsan, indoor places to go are exhibition halls.

They include the Modern History Museum, Gunsan Modern Architecture Museum, Gunsan Modern Art Museum and Honam Customs Museum on Haemang-ro and the Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period on Dongguksa-gil (Dongguksa Temple Road). Others are the March 1st Movement 100th Anniversary Memorial Hall on Yeongmyeong-gil and Chae Man-sik Literary Museum and Geumgang Future Experience Center by the Geumgang River. All 8 are closed every Monday (Geumgang Future Experience Center opens if the Monday is a public holiday). On Mondays, go to Teddy Bear Museum, open all year, Gunsanhang 1981, closed on Wednesdays, or the Kunsan National University Museum, open on weekdays. The four places on Haemang-ro are within 350 m of each other in a straight line (actual travel distance differs), and one museum combined ticket (3,000 won for adults) covers the museum, the art museum and the architecture museum.

The 12 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. Gunsan Modern Architecture Museum

    Museums and exhibitions

    Hours
    Winter 09:00–17:00, summer 09:00–18:00Summer (last entry 17:30), Winter (last entry 16:30)
    Closed days
    Every Monday more

  3. Honam Customs Museum

    Museums and exhibitions · Jangmi-dong

    Hours
    10:00–17:00
    Closed days
    Every Monday

  4. 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

  5. March 1st Movement 100th Anniversary Memorial Hall

    Museums and exhibitions · Guam-dong

    Hours
    Summer 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)Winter 09:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30) more
    Closed days
    Every Monday more

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Teddy Bear Museum

    Museums and exhibitions · Wolmyeong-dong

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

  9. Gunsanhang 1981

    Cultural facility · Jangmi-dong

    Hours
    09:00–20:00
    Closed days
    Every Wednesday more

  10. Kunsan National University Museum

    Museums and exhibitions

    Hours
    10:00–17:00
    Closed days
    Every Saturday and Sunday more

  11. Former Japanese 18th Bank Gunsan Branch

    Cultural heritage

    Hours
    09:00–18:00
    Closed days
    Every Monday / January 1

  12. Idang Art Museum

    Museums and exhibitions · Yeonghwa-dong

    Hours
    10:00–18:00
    Closed days
    Closed every Monday and Tuesday

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

Eight exhibition halls close on Mondays, and Idang Art Museum stays closed through Tuesday

Indoor places open on Mondays: the Teddy Bear Museum, Gunsanhang 1981 and the Kunsan National University Museum

  • The Teddy Bear Museum is open all year, daily 10:00–19:00, with last entry at 18:00.
  • Admission is 12,000 won for adults, 11,000 won for teens and 10,000 won for children, and free for those under 36 months.
  • Gunsanhang 1981 closes on Wednesdays instead, so it opens on Mondays too, 09:00–20:00.
  • Use and parking are both free, and it closes on January 1 and on the day of Lunar New Year and Chuseok.
  • The Kunsan National University Museum opens free on weekdays, 10:00–17:00, and a visit takes about 1 hour.
  • But it closes on Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and the Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays, so you cannot go on weekends.
  • The Teddy Bear Museum is 390 m from the Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period, and Gunsanhang 1981 is 330 m from the Gunsan Modern Architecture Museum.
  • Both are straight-line distances and differ from actual travel distances.

The four Haemang-ro sights are within 350 m in a straight line, and one combined ticket covers three of them

  • The Modern History Museum (240 Haemang-ro), the Honam Customs Museum (244-7 Haemang-ro), the Gunsan Modern Art Museum (230 Haemang-ro) and Gunsan Modern Architecture Museum (214 Haemang-ro) sit close together.
  • In a straight line, they are within 350 m of each other (actual travel distance differs).
  • The museum combined ticket covers four places, the museum, art museum, architecture museum and Wibongham warship, and costs 3,000 won for adults (2,000 won for Gunsan residents).
  • Bought separately, the Modern History Museum is 2,000 won for adults, and the art museum and the architecture museum are 500 won each for adults.
  • The Honam Customs Museum charges no admission.
  • Parking at the Modern History Museum is free.
  • If you drive to Gunsan Modern Architecture Museum, park at the Modern History Museum or Jinpo Marine Park parking lot.

The Geumgang Area combined ticket adds three places, and at the two Geumgang River sites you mainly see the indoor galleries

  • The Geumgang area combined ticket adds Chae Man-sik Literary Museum, the March 1st Movement 100th Anniversary Memorial Hall and Geumgang Future Experience Center to the four places of the museum combined ticket. It costs 5,000 won for adults (3,000 won for Gunsan residents).
  • The Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period is not on any combined ticket, so adults pay 1,000 won (500 won for Gunsan residents) separately.
  • At Geumgang Future Experience Center, the 1st- and 2nd-floor exhibition halls and the 9th-floor insect specimen exhibit are inside the building, while the raptor aviary, the global warming zone and the resource recycling zone are in the outdoor exhibition area.
  • For free admission on Wednesdays (Culture Day), the center's website notice says every Wednesday from April to December 2026, while TourAPI says every Wednesday with no period given.
  • At Chae Man-sik Literary Museum, too, the exhibition room is on the 1st floor, while rest areas such as the Rice Futures, Baengneung and Clear Stream plazas and a footpath are in the yard.
  • The two places are 1.4 km apart in a straight line (actual travel distance differs).

If you enter the seven exhibition halls between 10:00 and 16:30, you are within visiting hours at all of them

The 12 places in this guide

  1. 1

    Modern History MuseumMuseums and exhibitions

    The building has 1 basement floor and 3 floors above ground. The 1st floor holds the Maritime Logistics History Hall and the children's museum, the 2nd floor the Modern Records Gyujanggak Room, and the 3rd floor the Modern Life Hall and a special exhibition room. On a rainy day, you can tour several galleries in one building, and parking is free. It is closed every Monday and on January 1. A single adult ticket is 2,000 won, and the museum combined ticket, which adds the art museum, architecture museum and Wibongham warship, is 3,000 won.

    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

    Gunsan Modern Architecture MuseumMuseums and exhibitions

    The former Bank of Joseon Gunsan Branch building was repaired and restored in 2008 and now serves as the Modern Architecture Museum. The combined museum ticket covers it, and it is 240 m from the Modern History Museum in a straight line (actual travel distance differs). It opens 09:00–18:00 in summer and 09:00–17:00 in winter, and closes every Monday and on January 1. A single adult ticket is 500 won.

    Hours
    Winter 09:00–17:00, summer 09:00–18:00Summer (last entry 17:30), Winter (last entry 16:30)
    Closed days
    Every Monday more
    Fee
    Adults 500 wonMuseum combined ticket: Adults 3,000 won more
    Gunsan Modern Architecture Museum photo 1
  3. 3

    Former Japanese 18th Bank Gunsan BranchCultural heritage

    It is Gunsan Modern Art Museum, which uses a 2-story bank building with semicircular arched windows as its exhibition space, 140 m from Gunsan Modern Architecture Museum in a straight line (actual travel distance differs). It opens 09:00–18:00 and is closed every Monday and on January 1. A single adult ticket is 500 won, and the museum combined ticket also covers it.

    Hours
    09:00–18:00
    Closed days
    Every Monday / January 1
    Fee
    Adults 500 wonMuseum combined ticket: Adults 3,000 won more
    Former Japanese 18th Bank Gunsan Branch photo 1
  4. 4

    Honam Customs MuseumMuseums and exhibitions · Jangmi-dong

    It uses the Honam Customs Museum main building, built in 1908, as the Honam Customs Exhibition Hall. Among the indoor sights on Haemang-ro, it is the one with no admission fee. It is closed every Monday, and viewing hours are 10:00–17:00.

    Hours
    10:00–17:00
    Closed days
    Every Monday
    Fee
    Free
    Honam Customs Museum photo 1
  5. 5

    Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial PeriodMuseums and exhibitions

    In the 3-story building, the 1st and 2nd floors are parking and the 3rd floor is the exhibition hall, so parking and the exhibits are in one building, and there is an elevator at the entrance. It opens 09:00–18:00 in summer (March–October) and 09:00–17:00 in winter (November–February) and is closed every Monday and on January 1, Lunar New Year's Day and Chuseok. Adults pay 1,000 won (500 won for Gunsan residents), and age 6 and under and 65 and over are free.

    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
  6. 6

    March 1st Movement 100th Anniversary Memorial HallMuseums and exhibitions · Guam-dong

    It is an indoor memorial hall where each floor has a different use: the 1st-floor Memorial Records Room, the 2nd-floor History Reenactment Room and the 3rd-floor Hands-on Education Room. So you can see exhibits and do activities in one building. It opens 09:00–18:00 in summer and 09:00–17:00 in winter (last entry 17:30 and 16:30, respectively) and is closed every Monday and on January 1. Adults pay 500 won.

    Hours
    Summer 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)Winter 09:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30) more
    Closed days
    Every Monday more
    Fee
    Adults 500 wonCombined ticket: Adults 5,000 won more
    March 1st Movement 100th Anniversary Memorial Hall photo 1
  7. 7

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

    In the 1st-floor gallery, you follow Chae Man-sik's life and works in chronological order, with his belongings and handwritten manuscripts. Parking is free. It closes every Monday and on January 1, and adults pay 500 won. It opens 09:00–18:00 in March–October and 09:00–17:00 in November–February.

    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
  8. 8

    Geumgang Future Experience CenterMuseums and exhibitions · Seongsan-myeon

    The 1st and 2nd floors hold the Geumgang Culture Hall, Geumgang Ecology Hall and Future Climate Change Hall, and the 9th floor an insect specimen exhibit, all inside the building. So even if rain makes you skip the outdoor exhibition area, you can see the indoor exhibits. It is closed every Monday and on January 1 but opens if the Monday is a public holiday. Adults from other areas pay 2,000 won (1,000 won for Gunsan residents), and age 6 and under are free.

    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
  9. 9

    Idang Art MuseumMuseums and exhibitions · Yeonghwa-dong

    This indoor gallery occupies the Yeonghwa Building, which took its current 4-story form in 1969. Since 2015, it has been remodeled for use as an art museum and artists' workspace. It opens 10:00–18:00 but closes on Monday and Tuesday, so you can visit from Wednesday to Sunday.

    Hours
    10:00–18:00
    Closed days
    Closed every Monday and Tuesday
    Fee
    Not listed
  10. 10

    Teddy Bear MuseumMuseums and exhibitions · Wolmyeong-dong

    This world-travel-themed museum uses moving teddy bears to show folk tales and historical events from different countries and cities. It is open all year, so it opens on Mondays too, 10:00–19:00 (last entry 18:00). Admission is 12,000 won for adults and 10,000 won for children, and free for those under 36 months.

    Hours
    10:00–19:00 (last entry 18:00)
    Closed days
    Open all year
    Fee
    Adults 12,000 wonIndividuals more
    Teddy Bear Museum
  11. 11

    Kunsan National University MuseumMuseums and exhibitions

    This university museum opens free on weekdays, 10:00–17:00, so you can visit on Mondays, when other exhibition halls close. A visit takes about 1 hour. It is closed on Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and the Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays.

    Hours
    10:00–17:00
    Closed days
    Every Saturday and Sunday more
    Fee
    Free
    Kunsan National University Museum
  12. 12

    Gunsanhang 1981Cultural facility · Jangmi-dong

    This cultural facility is on Naehang 1-gil in Jangmi-dong. It closes on Wednesdays instead and opens on Mondays too, 09:00–20:00, so you can drop in until evening. Use and parking are free, and it closes on January 1 and on the day of Lunar New Year and Chuseok.

    Hours
    09:00–20:00
    Closed days
    Every Wednesday more
    Fee
    Free
    Gunsanhang 1981

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

FAQ

Are any indoor sights in Gunsan open on a rainy Monday?

Yes. Teddy Bear Museum is open all year, 10:00–19:00 (last entry 18:00). Gunsanhang 1981 closes on Wednesdays, so it opens free on Mondays too, 09:00–20:00. The Kunsan National University Museum opens free on weekdays that are not public holidays, 10:00–17:00. Exhibition halls on Haemang-ro and by the Geumgang River, such as the Modern History Museum, Gunsan Modern Architecture Museum, the Honam Customs Museum and Chae Man-sik Literary Museum, are closed on Mondays. Only Geumgang Future Experience Center opens if the Monday is a public holiday. source 1

What does the Gunsan combined museum ticket cover?

The museum combined ticket covers four places, the Modern History Museum, the Gunsan Modern Art Museum, Gunsan Modern Architecture Museum and the Wibongham warship. It costs 3,000 won for adults (2,000 won for Gunsan residents), 2,000 won for teens and soldiers and 1,000 won for children. The Geumgang area combined ticket adds Chae Man-sik Literary Museum, the March 1st Movement 100th Anniversary Memorial Hall and Geumgang Future Experience Center to these and costs 5,000 won for adults (3,000 won for Gunsan residents). The Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period is not on any combined ticket, so adults pay 1,000 won separately. source 2

Are any indoor sights in Gunsan free to enter?

The Honam Customs Museum, the Kunsan National University Museum and Gunsanhang 1981 have no admission fee. The Geumgang Future Experience Center is free on Wednesday, Culture Day. Its website notice lists every Wednesday from April to December 2026, and TourAPI lists every Wednesday. The Geumgang Future Experience Center and the Gunsan History Hall of the Japanese Colonial Period are also free for children 6 and under and adults 65 and over. source 1

1Korea Tourism Organization (VisitKorea)2Gunsan City Culture and Tourism

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