National Science Museum, South Korea

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National Science Museum, South Korea
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGungnip Jungang Gwahakgwan
McCune–ReischauerKungnip Chungang Kwahakkwan
Entrance to the National Science Museum.

The National Science Museum is a national science museum in Daejeon, South Korea. It first opened in Seoul in 1926 and became a national museum in 1949. It moved to its current location in 1990[1][2] which is across the street from Expo Park which housed the Daejeon Expo in 1993. It received 1,795,076 visitors in 2017.[3]

  1. ^ 국립중앙과학관 (國立中央科學館) (in Korean). Empas/EncyKorea. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  2. ^ "Brief History". National Science Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ 관람객 현황 (in Korean). National Science Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2018.