Seodaemun Prison History Hall

Museums & Galleries

251 Tongil-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul

Features

• An old prison where independence activists were incarcerated during the Japanese colonial period.

• Converted into a historical education space in 1998.

• View related video materials in the history hall (old prison/torture room).

• In the prison life hall, visitors can experience standing in a coffin and entering a solitary confinement cell.

• Mar-Oct: 09:30-18:00

• Nov-Feb: 09:30-17:00 (Entry ends 30 minutes before closing)

• Closed Mondays (closed following day if public holiday), New Year's Day, Seollal, Chuseok.

• Adult (19-64): KRW 3,000

• Youth (13-18)/Soldiers: KRW 1,500

• Child (under 12): KRW 1,000

• Free admission: Under 6, over 65, disabled, national merit

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