The Lighting Museum: A Quirky Fun Spot North of Seoul
Always on the hunt for fun things to do with kids near Seoul, I saw a fun picture of the Lighting Museum (조명박물관) and saved it for a day out. Luckily, when the time came for an impromptu adventure, I had a spot. Not in the easiest of places to reach, it’s a bit of a random spot to head to, but random is what we do.
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How To Get There
Address: 235-48 Gwangjeok-ro, Gwangjeok-myeon, Yangju-si, Gyeonggi-do (경기도 양주시 광적면 광적로 235-48)
Directions: Head to Ganeung Subway Station and go out of exit 2. Cross the street to find a bus stop and take bus 35 to Yondae (연대앞). From there, you can cross the street and just walk about 5 minutes to find the museum.
Basic Info
Hours: 10:00am ~ 5:00pm
Days: Closed on Chuseok, New Year’s Day, Seollal and Feelux Founder’s Day
Admission: Adults: W5,000; Children: W4,000; Children 3 and under are Free
Website: www.lighting-museum.com
What to know about the Lighting Museum
The museum consists of permanent and special exhibitions that aim to introduce wisdom and development of the human civilization through lighting history and culture. Feel free to have a deep conversation on these topics while you’re there… or play around with light and shadows.
There is a focus on lighting through history, culture, science, and showcases its artistic value as well as discusses light pollution. There are various experiences and exhibitions that are great for kids and adults.
What to see
The museum has two different levels, a ground floor and basement floor. The ground floor contains the history hall of lighting which showcases some historical lighting artifacts and has installations to represent different lifestyles and cultural understandings related to light. The basement level contains sounds and science related works, optical illusions, light imaginary space, and a quirky Christmas related village exhibition.
The History Hall
The History Hall is, as you would imagine, quite educational and focuses on the history of light from candles, through the lightbulb invention, and to unique lamps from various places. It’s a good introduction to light in the home and how we use it today.
Changing Exhibitions
The museum does change out one area from time to time to showcase different lighting based exhibitions. We were enjoying rainbows and a discussion on light pollution upstairs through this area.
The Play Space
Once downstairs, you find a less artistic and more playful space for light education. Here, there is an entire room for children to play, jump, build, and laugh with light. There is sort of a maze of rooms that have different light based themes from lightning to mirrors. The lightning and thunder room flashes and the sounds of thunder make everyone hide for cover. The mirror room is fun to get your disco on.
The Christmas Space
Finally, you come to a rather quirky Christmas inspired space. I’m not exactly sure of the connection to light, but if you want something on theme in the winter, you can find that here. Outside of winter, it’s pretty quirky. While it’s not one of the top places to see Christmas lights in Seoul, it is pretty fun to visit during the holiday season.
The coolest room in the winter, Christmas themed space was this room of winter-themed shadows swirling. Basically, from room to room, feel free to sit down and watch the light and shadow play or dance around with the moving shadows.
The Lighting Museum north of Seoul is a quirky fun stop great for younger children and a fun daytrip north. There are a few restaurants on the road nearby to get some food. Take a drive and see what you can see!
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