Gyeonggi Children's Museum

A very interesting museum for children has opened up at Yongin city, very close to Suwon, recently. Located within the Gyeonggi Provincial Museum campus, this place was a novel experience for me!

Information and models on nature and daily life can be seen there. Quite a lot of activities for kids on the various floors of the museum. Considering the low entry ticketprices, no wonder there is a hourly restriction on the number of people allowed in. We waited for an hour since the tickets were sold out at the time we wanted to visit. 

Last time I checked, only Koreans could do advance booking online :( Since resident numbers are used for almost everything online here and database for Koreans is different from that of foreigners, I was not able to book online on the Korean website. Hope this is rectified soon...Despite increasing number of foreigners, a government initiative not bothering about the needs of foreigners was  a little strange. Although, there are quite a few websites which are interested in business with foreigners these days!

Going by public transport may be the most convenient keeping in mind car-parking woes during weekends.

Site Link:
http://www.gcmuseum.or.kr/en/museum/view.asp

Address:

85, SingalDong, Kiheung-gu, Yongin City, Gyeonggi-do

경기 용인시 기흥구 상갈동 85

T: 031-270-8600

Buses from Suwon:

Get off at Gyeonggi Provincial Museum
    Suwon (station): 10-5, 37
    Suwon (Nammun Gate): 58

Admission time:

Monsday - Friday 10:00 am - 8:00 pm (admission closing at 6 pm)
Saturday - Sunday 10:00 am - 10:00 pm (admission closing at 8 pm

Admission Fees:  

Under 3  years old free
Over 3 years(36 months) KRW 4000/ groups KRW 2000
Gyeonggi-do resident KRW 2000 wons