Happy New Year everyone, and we're sort-of back to regular programming!
I'm still blogging from South Korea, though we have only a few more days left here. Although the feeling is not exactly new to me, I can't help but feel a bit sad and anxious now that our vacation is about to come to an end. I can already feel the sepanx kicking in; so much so that I'm actually searching for cheap plane tickets for Spring as I write.
Anyway, back to happier thoughts. A few days after we arrived in Seoul, I chanced upon a post on Facebook about Egyptian treasures coming to town. And so I checked the official websites of some of the museums here that I know, until I came across the announcement on the
National Museum of Korea's official Facebook page. True enough, a special exhibition was to be held starting on the 20th of December. Although the post did not mention anything about the admission fees, I figured the tickets wouldn't cost me an arm and leg
(fingers crossed), haha.
And so Yue and I trooped to the
National Museum of Korea on the 20th, eager to catch the
Egyptian Treasures exhibition on its opening day. We took the subway to
Ichon Station, which is connected to the subway via an underpass called the '
Moving Museum'.
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| This is the first thing we saw as soon as we 'tapped out' of the subway. |
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| One of the very few instances that you'll see me in the photo, haha! |
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| The underpass which connects the subway station and the museum. |
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| Almost there! The door at the far end of the corridor leads to the entrance to the museum grounds. |
We were greeted by this picturesque sight as soon as we set foot on the museum grounds. As you can see, both the
Pavilion and the
Great Hall are mirrored perfectly on the
Reflecting Pond. How awesome is that? :)
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| The Reflecting Pond. |
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| The Great Hall. |
How can we not miss the poster for the
Egyptian Treasures exhibition? The tarpaulin was huge enough to cover one side of the
Special Exhibition Hall.
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| The stairs leading to the Exhibition Halls. |
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The Great Hall, where most of the permanent exhibitions are displayed.
Entrance to these exhibitions are usually free. |
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| The Special Exhibition Hall. |
We purchased tickets before entering the Special Exhibition Hall. Admission rates are
13000 won (around Php 530) for
adults and
8000 won (around Php 330) won for
kids. Barely Php 1000 for two tickets to a once-in-a-lifetime to see these Egyptian artifacts up close, I'd say that's a steal!
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| Admission rates, please click to zoom. |
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| Our tickets, which counts as a souvenir. |
View the Egyptian Treasures after the jump!
