Korea Bamboo Museum (한국대나무박물관)
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| Introduction | ||||||||
| The Korean Bamboo Museum opened in March 1998. It is a comprehensive complex that preserves, exhibits, produces, and allows people to experience bamboo products. It was established to provide a resting area for visitors to Damyang, and to promote the unique bamboo arts of the Damyang region. The museum has five exhibition halls. It has a collection of around 2,555 bamboo products, all of which are on display, ranging from products dating back to the Joseon Dynasty to modern-day products as well as foreign products. The bamboo arts of Damyang have a history of 500 years, starting from the early Joseon Dynasty. The bamboo products are of high quality and known for their tenacity and resilience, since only bamboo custom-made by craftsmen are used. | ||||||||
| Exhibition Hall Information | ||||||||
[Exhibition Hall No.1] * Bamboo Ecology: a diorama of bamboo ecology in glass booths * Bamboo: definition of bamboo and its characteristics * Global Bamboo Distribution * Korean Bamboo Distribution * Types of Bamboo: s main types of bamboo growing in Damyang on display * Growth of Bamboo: roots and stems of bamboo [Exhibition Hall No. 2] * Bamboo Cultivation: Depiction of bamboo cultivation (methods such as Jukgeun, Mogeun, and Myogeun) and tools with which to collect bamboo and to make bamboo crafts * Bamboo Crafting: tools to make bamboo crafts * Diorama of Bamboo Craft Making: display process of making bamboo crafts through wax figures against traditional village background in Damyang * Video to Cultivate Bamboo Craftsmen * Living and Bamboo: Display of bamboo crafts from the Joseon Period to the present [Exhibition Hall No.3] * Bamboo Houseware: Household items made of bamboo which won awards at Bamboo Products Contest * Bamboo crafts by master craftsmen [Exhibition Hall No.4] * Miniature Bamboo Market: Miniature style display of the bamboo market in the 1960s-1980s * Bamboo Forest Product Promotion: Display of bamboo products [Exhibition Hall No.5] * Medicinal Bamboo: Exploration the medicinal uses of bamboo * Bamboo Health Science: Introduction of medicinal effects of bamboo shown in Donguibogam (a classic book about Korean medicine written in 1613) * Bamboo Food Encyclopedia: Exploration of food using bamboo (such as Juksun) [Experience and Learning Center] - Explanation of the growing process of bamboo and its various uses, browsing bamboo instruments and puzzles -Use of musical instruments and take pictures in Photo Zone [Visual and Audio Hall] Screening of a promotional video about bamboo in Damyang as well as hosting various seminars on bamboo and displaying bamboo souvenirs [Bamboo Industry Hall] Display of a wide array of bamboo products from bamboo leaf tea, bamboo extract, bamboo leaf alcohol, bamboo charcoal, bamboo interior items as well as displaying a bamboo formative art piece [Craftsmen's Hall and International Exhibition Hall] * Craftsmen's Hall Display of bamboo crafts by intangible cultural properties and designated craftsmen by Damyang, introduce bamboo crafts from other countries, and display a bamboo exhibition from Anji Country, Zhejiang Province, China by establishing a gallery exclusively for the latter * International Exhibition Hall Display of international bamboo crafts from 13 countries (such as China, Japan, and Taiwan) including a separate hall displaying bamboo exhibition from Anji Country, Zhejiang Province, China |
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| Admission / Participation Fees | ||||||||
| Adults (19 and
up): 1,000 won / Group: 800
won Youths (ages 13-18) : 700 won / Group: 500 won Children (ages 7-12) : 500 won / Group: 300 won ※ Group : 20 or more people |
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| Parking Facilities | ||||||||
| 150 parking spaces | ||||||||
| Parking Fee | ||||||||
| Free | ||||||||
| Directions | ||||||||
| From Seoul
Central City Bus Terminal, take an intercity bus to Damyang Terminal. Bus schedule: runs 2 times a day/ 10:10, 16:10 Korea Bamboo Museum is located within 15-minutes' walking distance of the terminal. OR From Seoul Central City Bus Terminal, take an intercity bus to Gwangju. From Gwangju Express Bus Terminal, transfer to a bus to Damyang. (5min intervals) |
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| Homepage | ||||||||
| www.damyang.go.kr/museum (Korean only) | ||||||||
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