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Andong National University, Gyeongsangbuk-Do, South Korea, Asia

Andong National University Museum

Museum or Collection Type:
History & Archaeology
Institutional Type:
Museum

Subject:
History

Address:
388 Seongcheon-Dong, Andong-Si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea

Opening Hours:
Open:
10:00 - 16:00 Monday through Friday
Saturday 10:00 - 12:00
Closed:
Sundays and national holidays

Contact:
Jae-Hae, Lim (Director)
kwondg@andong.ac.kr
Phone: ++82 (0) 54 820-5248
Fax: ++82 (0) 54 820-6129

Links:
Andong National University Museum
Andong National University

Description:
Andong National University Museum was established for academic activities such as surveying, studying and exhibiting cultural assets of the local region. The museum opened at Myeongnyun-dong in 1979, and moved to Songcheon-dong in 1985 together with the university.

The museum holds special exhibitions every year to provide the students and the community with a cultural learning space. In addition, the museum is planning many of academic surveys to discover and inherit the cultural assets of the community.

[Text from the Web site "Korean National Heritage Online"]