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Permanent exhibition gallery on Seoul's postwar growth into a modern metropolis

Seoul Museum of HistoryJongno-gu

Seoul, the Capital of the Republic of Korea

Now showingPermanent collectionFree

Permanent gallery tracing Seoul from postwar reconstruction and the Korean War through Gangnam's rise, the 1988 Olympics, and the modern metropolis.

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On nowAll of November 2026

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GanaArt Collection: Beneath Technology — Scenes at the Threshold, at SeMA Seosomun

GanaArt Collection: Beneath Technology — Scenes at the Threshold

Seoul Museum of Art

SeMA Public Space Project: Dance of Eternal Polarities, Ernesto Neto installation at SeMA Seosomun

SeMA Public Space Project: Dance of Eternal Polarities

Seoul Museum of Art

All exhibitions in Seoul this month Coming up in December

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Exterior of the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in Seoul

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Exterior of the Seoul Museum of Art's Seosomun main building, with its Renaissance-style former-courthouse facade, in Jung-gu, Seoul

Seoul Museum of Art

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Exterior of the National Palace Museum of Korea building within Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul

National Palace Museum of Korea

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