Night at the Museum Special Event (Jul. to Aug.) at the Baek In-je House in Bukchon Hanok Village
- Seoul Museum of History opens the Baek In-je House, the only one of its kind that allows interior viewing, at night for the summer.
- Extended hours until 9 PM on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Additional guided tours at 7 PM.
- [Promotional Event] Picture postcards of the Baek In-je House when taking pictures in the photo zone within the house.
The Seoul Museum of History opens the Baek In-je House, a historical house in Bukchon Hanok Village (16, Bukchon-ro 7-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul), at night on Wednesdays and Saturdays for two months from July to August.
Admission is free and it remains open until 9 PM for domestic and overseas tourists who find it difficult to visit during daytime due to the summer heat. Entrance is until 8:30 PM.
Night at the Baek In-je House Museum is a special summer event for visitors to enjoy the nightly view of the hanok, and you can freely enjoy the beautiful atmosphere of the Baek In-je House throughout the viewing areas.
During this period of the night at the museum, an additional 7 PM guided tour will be provided (making it a total of 6 times on Wednesdays: 10 AM, 11 AM, 2 PM, 3 PM, 4 PM (Japanese), 7 PM and 5 times on Saturdays: 11 AM, 2 PM, 3 PM, 4 PM, 7 PM), so that visitors who were previously unable to during the day can now enjoy guided tours at night.
Advance reservation is required for those who wish to take a guided tour of the Baek In-je House. Reservations (free admission) can be made via the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Reservation for Public Service website (yeyak.seoul.go.kr).
In addition, during the night at the museum from July to August, visitors to the Baek In-je House will be able to partake in photo events. If you take pictures at the designated photo zones within the Baek In-je House, you can receive a souvenir (5 picture postcards of the Baek In-je House)
The following is how to participate in the event. Picture postcards of the Baek In-je House will be given to visitors who take pictures from at least three photo zone spots, with the participant’s figure shown properly, out of the five photo zones within the house. The souvenir will be provided after reviewing of the pictures by the information office. For inquiries, contact 02–724-0200.
The Baek In-je House is a modern hanok built in 1913 (Seoul Important Folklore Cultural Heritage No. 22).
The Seoul Metropolitan Government bought this house from the Baek In-je family in 2009 and opened it to the public in November 2015 after restoring the architecture of the building to its original condition as it was during the Japanese colonial period.
The Baek In-je House appeared as a residence of Kang In-guk, a pro-Japanese collaborator, of the movie Assassination (2015), and it is the first house in Bukchon Haok Village that opened to the public. Unlike traditional hanok, the main house and the guest house are connected by a corridor, and features many red bricks and glass windows.
It is a hanok with modern characteristics, such that a part of the main house is two-story tall. Inside, there is a display of the furniture used by Choi Seon-ik, the second owner of the house, which reveals the hanok culture of Bukchon, as well as a glimpse of life during the Japanese colonial period and of Seoul’s upper class.
An official from the Seoul Metropolitan Government expressed, "The Baek In-je House is a place that shows the hanok culture of Bukchon, as well as gives us a glimpse of life during the Japanese colonial period and of the Seoul’s upper class," and explained, “Visitors will be able to enjoy the romantic blending of the evening’s lights and the gardens’ greenery that is hard to see elsewhere.”
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