[2025 Iksan-Si Attraction] Travel Guide for Wonkwang University Museum (Updated Jun)

#IndoorDate 🙏🏻Location: 272 Sindong, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do 😍Information: This is a university museum with a total of seven concepts. The history room presents works donated by the lady. It comes from our folk beliefs. It is made with props such as Gunsan Shin. The Buddhist art room exhibits pitiful Buddhist paintings, spirit tablets, and crafts. Through Buddhist statues, various things from the Silla period to the Joseon period are exhibited, so you can see the characteristics of the times well.

🥹Location: 272, Sindong, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do 😀Information: This museum features a somewhat eerie space called the Shamanic Room. It showcases various shamanic tools, artifacts, and statues used in traditional Korean shamanism. The collection is notable for its diversity and quality, making it a nationally significant exhibit. A unique aspect of this exhibition is that it replicates two shamanic shrines, preserving the original setup used by shamans, which adds to its intrigue.

🫡Location: 272, Sindong, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do Information: 🤪You can admire a standing statue from the Unified Silla period here. It is highly regarded as an excellent piece due to its balanced design. This cultural heritage of Jeollabuk-do includes relics that depict faith for rebirth in paradise, among various types of Buddhist paintings. Visitors can freely explore artifacts related to figures like Samyeong Daesa. The calligraphy relics room is also diverse, showcasing works from various individuals along with paintings, making it a unique place to visit.😇

😍 Location: 272, Sindong, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do 🥹 Information: This museum, established in the 1900s, houses over 120,000 artifacts and has hosted more than 20 special exhibitions. It actively conducts historical and cultural tours and serves as a dedicated research institution for the region. With over 30 years since its completion, the museum stands as a local institution that intertwines history and tradition. Admission is free, so take the opportunity to visit and experience the dynamic atmosphere of this private university museum.

😆Location: 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do, Wonkwang University 🤪Details: The Health University Museum is a space where you can travel back in time to explore traces of the past. Food and drinks are not allowed inside, and the museum houses over 120,000 artifacts. The viewing time is approximately one hour, offering a deep dive into Korea's history and culture. The museum showcases artifacts and artworks from various eras, including ceramics, traditional lifestyles, and shamanistic materials.

🥹Location: Wonkwang University Museum, 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do 🥲Information: Located on the first floor of the museum in the Onggi Exhibition Room. 'Onggi' is a Korean term derived from Chinese characters referring to the shape of a vessel. Onggi were commonly used in daily life to store items such as rice, alcohol, oil, soy sauce, and fermented seafood. The museum offers a diverse display of Onggi, making it a wonderful place to visit with parents. Detailed explanations are provided throughout.

😆Location: 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do, Wonkwang University Museum 😇Information: The Wonkwang University Museum offers students and visitors an opportunity to experience Korea's traditional culture firsthand. The museum consists of four floors, with the first floor showcasing artifacts and the remaining floors featuring three themed exhibition rooms each. As a graduate of Wonkwang University's Department of History, I have visited the museum several times, and it always brings back fond memories.

😆Location: 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do 🤣Information: This is the Wonkwang University Museum, where you can get an up-close look at the roof tiles. I didn't know there was such a world of intricate characters and patterns until now. These are bottles used by travelers to carry water or alcohol, resembling canteens. On the second floor, there is an exhibition of liquor bottles made during the Japanese colonial period. High-value ceramics were taken by the Japanese, while Koreans operated small-scale kilns.

#SummerTravel 😆Location: 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do 😇Information: A place worth visiting in Jeollabuk-do is the Wonkwang University Museum in Iksan. It is a place where you can see the essence of the past at a glance. It is a museum located in Wonkwang University in Iksan. If you use public transportation from Jeonju, you can get there in 40 minutes. It is closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and during vacations, and the museum is open from 10 AM.

#IndoorDate 🙏🏻Location: Wonkwang University, 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do Information: 😍This is the Wonkwang University Museum where you can see really beautiful ceramic artifacts. In the Prehistoric Baekje Room, you can see various types of pottery and the process of change from the prehistoric era to the Baekje era. In addition, there were some figures excavated in Iksan. The Joseon Ceramic Room exhibited black glazing and black-mouthed white ceramics. It has a very sophisticated appearance and is organized by year. There is also a living folk room on the third floor, so take a look with your girlfriend.

😆Location: Wonkwang University Museum, 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do 🤩Information: Travel styles have changed compared to the past. Instead of meticulously planning trips, I decided to visit the diverse ceramic exhibits at Wonkwang University Museum. For your information, parking here is free, and the space is vast, allowing visitors to feel the breath of history. If you're visiting Jeonju or Iksan, this museum is definitely worth a stop.

🤣Location: 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do 🙇♂️Information: This museum features four floors, each with different types of exhibition halls. Visitors can learn about the characteristics and transitions of different eras, as well as the daily lives of ancient people. A massive, colorful banner is displayed horizontally, adding to the grandeur of the museum. The museum is quite large and impressive. The first floor houses the Onggi (traditional Korean pottery) exhibition hall. The potter's wheel is a fundamental tool used in making pottery. To use it, you simply set up the wheel below and place clay on top.

#SummerTravel 🙏🏻Location: Wonkwang University, 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do 🥰Information: There is a book and donated relics room on the 4th floor of the university museum. Many Yeongjongs, including the portrait of Emperor Gojong, are on display, including the Shinui-do and Muk-juk-do. There are also petitions for disabled education. We have already arrived at the last place, Hansu-sil. There were large ceramics with Daedongyeojido and fish patterns. It is on display until June 31, so I recommend visiting if you are visiting Iksan.

#OutdoorDate 🥰Location: Jeonbuk Iksan-si Iksan-daero 460 Wonkwang University Museum 😍Information: On the third floor of the Wonkwang University Museum, you can see the changes and various appearances from the rabbit of Unified Silla to Goryeo celadon, Joseon Dynasty celadon, and white porcelain. It is a good museum to visit with young children at least once during vacation. The artifacts are very excellent in terms of painting and looked beautiful even when I saw them with my own eyes.

#IndoorDate 💙Location: 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do, Wonkwang University 💜Information: Wonkwang University Museum is holding a special exhibition. There is a unique exhibition room called the Annex, and it is said that it was not demolished after the special exhibition and was reorganized as a permanent exhibition and is currently being operated. There are really shaman objects and paintings on display, and the eyes are all drawn in a unique way. I also saw a cute guy called Bipa Hyungtu Gopchang.

#IndoorDate 🙇♂️Location: 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do 🥳Information: This museum located in Iksan has three exhibition rooms on each floor. The first floor is decorated as a moving exhibition room. It was surprisingly large in scale. I entered the museum and went down from the fourth floor to see the exhibition. I was able to see various things and it was really fun.

#SpringTravel 🥰Location: 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do 😇Information: What makes my travel style different these days is that I feel something different from what I used to see. That's why I ended up going to Wonkwang University Museum. Wonkwang University is a huge school in Iksan, and the museum is also really big. It's a museum with a whopping four floors.

#WinterTravel 📸Location: 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do Wonkwang University Museum Information: Wonkwang University Museum is located in the Iksan region, the cradle of Mahan and Baekje. 🥳For that reason, it is a guardian of the culture and history of the Honam region, and it is leading the way in collecting, preserving, and managing living culture and relics, and it was established to lead the way in social cultural development through activities such as education, exhibitions, lectures, cultural experiences, and academic publications, as well as excavations and surface surveys.😀

Location: 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do, Wonkwang University Museum Information: The comprehensive museum located within the university, Wonkwang University Museum, is continuously growing and establishing itself as a full-fledged comprehensive museum. 👏 It serves as a place of traditional culture and practical education for not only the university students but also the local residents. 😻

#WinterTravel 😇Location: 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do Wonkwang University Museum ❤️Information: The Wonkwang University Museum, operated by the university, provides various social education activities such as cultural education on our history and culture, field trips to historic sites, and history and culture education rooms for students who are ordinary citizens. ❤️We actively conduct research and investigation on cultural heritage sites that have been excavated and surveyed, focusing on the Jeollabuk-do region.😀

#WinterTravel 😁Location: Jeonbuk Iksan-si Iksan-daero 460 Wonkwang University Museum Information: The museum, which started with a 20-pyeong exhibition hall and 270 artifacts, became the first university to manage a dedicated museum underground and above ground in June 1987, making it possible to conduct systematic exhibitions and educational research that fit the character of a comprehensive museum.🤭 In modern times, it owns various artifacts from the prehistoric era to that era.🥰

#WinterTravel Location: 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do Wonkwang University Museum Information: This is the Wonkwang University Departmental Museum located in Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do Special Self-Governing Province. 🥳Wonkwang University, which aims to practice wisdom and virtue, systematically collects, organizes, exhibits, and educates on the historical significance and important cultural heritage of our region in the Iksan region, which was the center of politics and culture during the Baekje period.🫡

#WinterTravel 📷Location: 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do, Wonkwang University Museum Information: Today's interesting sight is the Wonkwang University Museum located in the Iksan area, where you can learn about various museums and special exhibitions. ❤️Wonkwang University Museum has been using its role as a specialized research institute in the region by conducting special exhibitions, cultural tourism, and historical and cultural tours several times. 👏When you enter the museum, you can see various pottery from the Honam region lined up in the first floor lobby Baekma.😎

#WinterTravel Location: 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do Wonkwang University Museum🥳 Information: Today, I will introduce you to Wonkwang University Museum, which is leading the role of education offices for modern people as well as academic research based on historical and cultural materials in the Iksan area. ✋🏻Wonkwang University Museum is a small-scale exhibition space established due to the importance of the history that the Iksan area was the center of Mahan and Baekje culture and the need for a specialized institution to be in charge of education about it. 😆There are exhibitions on various topics in each exhibition room on each floor, so go and check them out.😍

#WinterTravel 🤩Location: 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do, Wonkwang University Museum Information: You can see various artifacts and folk materials at the Wonkwang University Museum. 📸It takes about one to two hours to properly see and appreciate the exhibition halls, from the first exhibition room on the first floor to the 10th exhibition room on the fourth floor. 😝You need a proper amount of time to come and see the various historical ceramics and donated Buddhist items. 🫣The museum is open from 10 AM to 4 PM from Monday to Friday.🤓

#WinterTravel Location: 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do Wonkwang University Museum Information: The hidden charm of Wonkwang University Museum is that there are various relics from Wonkwang University, so you can see them here. 🤭It was originally opened as an exhibition hall on the 4th floor of the annex of Wonkwang Health College, but after it was promoted to a comprehensive university, its name was changed to Wonkwang University Museum. 😻Here, various foreign guests can see various Iksan historical and cultural festivals, from aesthetic folk paintings that preserve Korean colors to Baekje cultural animals when they come by car.👍🏻

#WinterTravel 🥳Location: 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do Wonkwang University Museum Information: The Wonkwang University Museum has a Buddhist art room where Buddhist statues, spiritual beauty, and crafts are exhibited.❤️You can see various figures from the poor Unified Silla period to the Joseon period, and you can compare the characteristics of each era by following the nanny. The museum was a place where you could deeply explore Korea's traditional culture and history.🥰Even though I've been there several times, I was able to enjoy the tour without getting bored😎

#WinterTravel Location: 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do Wonkwang University Museum Information: The only comprehensive museum in Iksan is the Wonkwang University Museum. This was also the filming location for the fierce battle between the demon and the warlord to obtain the bronze sword in Jeon Woo-chi, starring Kang Dong-won. 🌸The only comprehensive museum in Iksan, the Health University Museum, is a place with over ten thousand various figures from prehistoric times to Baekje, modern history, and the present. 😍It's fun to be able to go on a time travel to the past here 🫣

Location: 460 Iksandaero, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do, Wonkwang University Museum 🤩Information: The Wonkwang University Museum consists of 4 floors and has a very convenient and spacious parking area. It is especially nice that it is operated directly by Wonkwang University and that admission is free. The museum features a variety of exhibits and rich content artifacts.😍 It is very educational for learning history and a great place to take various photos.🤩

😘The location is 460 Iksandae-ro, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do, Wonkwang University Museum. Information: The Wonkwang University Museum exhibits artifacts related to human life from birth to death. 😁Among the artifacts are the Samshindo, Taeyang Ari, past exam papers, and Jangsataek diary, totaling 60 items. Students were involved in the entire process from planning, selecting artifacts, photographing, and publishing, experiencing the basic duties of a curator.📸