Historically, the Koreans discovered kimchi dish which is
produced from fermented vegetables when looking for ways to prepare for the
winter. It is the most nutritious meal in the world.
Kimchi Museum displayed the most famous food in Korea and easily
to enter because it is located within the shopping complex COEX
InterContinental Seoul. Only with the charges of 3.000 won for adults, 2,000
won for students and 1,000 won for children four years and above. 1,001 types
of kimchi are display as well as the pride of Koreans. If using the services of
an underground train station, stopping only at the second platform of Samsung
Station to the museum on two floors underground of COEX Mall.
COEX InterContinental Seoul is part of the Korea World Trade
Center Seoul, the leading business one-stop center located at 159,
Samsung-Dong, Gagnam-Gu, Seoul. Kimchi Museum was built in an effort to learn,
explore and reach a kimchi culture. It also aims to deliver the most accurate
information about the kimchi to Korean and foreign tourists. Pulmuone Inc.
company initially build this museum in pill-dong, Jung-gu in 1986 specifically
for the Olympics. However, the museum moved to the COEX complex to expose the
kimchi to the public. The museum moved once again in conjunction with the ASEM
meeting to-3 in Seoul in 2000.
Various materials are available at this unique museum
including kimchi related videos, briefings and special lectures for
housewives and young people. It also collects books and articles that play an
important role in providing information of Kimchi to the world in Korean
culture through foreign media including the New York Times and the BBC. Various
exhibitions are presented on the provision of special Kimchi is served
especially in the temple and the museum appears to help people understand the traditional
of Korean foods.
Among the exhibits, including cooking equipment, various types
of kimchi, ingredients relevant to the preparation, storage, how to eat kimchi,
and includes an emphasis on the process of preparing kimchi “Kimjang” in its
own way in the winter. Data on the fermentation process and its benefits are
also on display. Here also provided a library, rooms for visitors to try the
kimchi and the food outlet. Exhibition space is divided into the history of
kimchi containing models, books, paintings and jars used in the production of
these foods.
These museums also have booths displaying various types of special
kimchi for palace and temple, as well as how to provision of kimchi that varies
according to season and province. In process of manufacturing and storage space
displayed several documents of that explaining the benefits of kimchi to the
digestive process to the human body. Visitors can learn how kimchi fermentation
process carried out and form their own characters through a microscope.
Among the other facilities provided in this museum are
educational and library room. This space contains a lot of local and foreign
languages for research on kimchi and other food preparation. Upon completion
of the appearance of knowing the history of kimchi, the visitors have the
opportunity to try various types of kimchi itself. In the souvenir shop, sell a
variety of gifts that must be purchased by visitors and of course is incomplete
without buying kimchi.
The museum is open on Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 5
pm, and Sunday from 1 pm to 5 pm. It closed every Monday and public holidays.
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| Entrance of Kimchi Museum |
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| A Hall of Kimchi photographs. |
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| Fermentation Process |
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| This exhibit features the various necessities for the storage of Kimchi, traditionally done outdoors, during its fermentation period. |
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| Types of Kimchi displayed |
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| Kimchi enthusiasts wander to see the various forms of Kimchi on exhibit. |
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| Painting of Kimchi |
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