National Folk Museum of Korea

A museum on the eastern grounds of Gyeongbokgung palace that documents the everyday customs, crafts, and beliefs of ordinary Koreans across the centuries. Its halls follow the traditional agricultural calendar and life-cycle rites from birth to ancestral memorial, displaying farming tools, folk costumes, ceramics, and shamanic objects. An open-air section recreates a village street of shops and dwellings from the mid-20th century. The building itself is crowned by a striking tiered pagoda-style tower modeled on historic temple architecture.