Museum Kimchikan

For the kimchi museum in Tokyo, see Saikabo.
Museum Kimchikan
Museum's old location in COEX (2007)
Map
Established1986 (1986)
Location35-4, Insa-dong, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates37°34′25″N 126°59′05″E / 37.57352°N 126.98484°E / 37.57352; 126.98484
TypeFood museum
OwnerPulmuone Inc
Websitewww.kimchikan.com/en/ (in English)
Korean name
Hangul
뮤지엄 김치간
Revised RomanizationMyujieom gimchigan
McCune–ReischauerMyujiŏm kimch'igan

Museum Kimchikan (Korean: 뮤지엄 김치간), formerly Kimchi Field Museum, is a food museum in Insa-dong, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea.[1] It originally opened in 1986 as the first such museum in Korea, and has since moved locations twice.[2] It focuses on kimchi: one of the staples of Korean cuisine.

  1. ^ "Directions". Kimchikan. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  2. ^ "Introduction | Kimchikan". Retrieved 2023-10-04.