About the Mungyeong Coal Museum

• Mungyeong Coal Museum

  Mungyeong Coal Museum was built in the business area of Eunseong anthracite coal mine which was developed in 1938 during the Japanese colonial rule of Korea, thus enabling Mungyeong to be the number two coal production place of the country until it was abandoned in 1994, as coal gave way to petroleum and gas. The museum, which opened in 1999, gives you a glimpse of the coal mining history of Korea. It is shaped like a coal and it consists of the main building, coal tunnel experience center, tunnel exhibition center, workers' residence village, and outdoor exhibition center.

• Location

  112 Wangneung-gil Gaeun-eup Mungyeong-si

• Museum Hours and notification

  09:00 – 18:00

• Last visitors allowed in 30 minutes before closing
• Further Information

  Coal Museum: 054-571-2475

• Exhibition Hall
  • 1st Floor exhibition room: Birth of the universe, and the formation of the earth, and the Paleozoic age (origin of coal), coal-formation process - displayed chronologically.
  • 2nd floor exhibition room: coming out of the mine shaft, magic vision, tools and equipment
  • Underground Mine Exhibition Room: Actual underground mine which was used until the mine closed.
  • Outdoor Exhibition Room: You can experience what it was like in an actual underground mine.
  • Miner's House Exhibit: A replica of a 25 pyeong miner's house which was built in 1970 during the operation of the Eunsong mine.