About the Yetgil Museum

• Yetgil Museum

  Mungyeong is a treasury of cultural geography of Korea and a museum of mountain passes. There is Mungyeongsaejae, regarded a major representative of chosun's mountain hill passes, and means of communicating chosun history and culture, Haneuljae, the oldest hill pass, Tokkibiri which is considered the finest of the old passes and the Karakoram Route ('Southern Silk Road') of Korea, and Yugok station which was a travel hub on Yeongnamdero.
  These cultural sites of Yetgil (old pass) are visited by many people wanting to experience the aliveness that made it so famous.
  Yetgil museum was built to illustrate the historical cultural identity of Mungyeong and opened in 2009. Before remodeling, it was the Mungyeongsaejae Museum and focused on local history. Today Yetgil Museum focuses on various cultural aspects related to the old passes.
  What did our ancestors carry with them during the journey and what was in the travelers' bundles?
  Here we can enjoy much smaller and tiny relics of antiquity than what we might expect various journals written by travelers along the old pass, genre paintings, and cultural assets of Mungyeong such as excavated outfits from the tomb of one Mr. Sin (Mungyeong-Pyeongsan family), important folklore cultural heritage No. 254

• Location

  Mungyeongsaejae Provincial Park, Sangchori, Mungyeong-eup, Mungyeong-si

• Museum Hours
  • Mar. 1 - October 31: 09:00 - 18:00
  • Nov. 1 - Feb. 28: 09:00 - 17:00
  • Last visitors allowed in 30 minutes before closing
  • Information Desk: 054-550-8382
• Precautions for visitors to the museum
  • No smoking areas within the museum.
  • Food or pets are not allowed in the museum, except for guide dogs.
  • Children under 6 years old must be accompanied by their parent/s or guardian.
  • If your group (10 or more people) needs a tour guide, you should make a reservation via phone.
  • If you need to take pictures, you should be approved by the Information Desk.
  • At the outdoor viewing roads, you are not allowed to use a bike, kickboard, inline skate, blade, etc.