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Opening Schedules for Cultural and Tourism Facilities in Busan during Chuseok Holiday

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The Chuseok holidays are from Monday October 2^nd to Friday October 6^th and the following Monday October 9^th is also a holiday, Hangeul Day in Korea.

 

Visitors to Busan’s museums (listed below) can enjoy Korean traditional folk games, including Jegichagi (shuttlecock-kicking), tuho (traditional stick-throwing), neolttwigi, (seesaw) and gulleongsoe (hoop-rolling).

Busan Museum Oct. 3 – 5, 10:30 – 16:30 (Tel. 051-610-7147)
traditional performance (Oct. 4-5, 13:00 – 13:30)

Jeonggwan Museum Oct. 1 – Oct. 9, 10:00 – 17:00

Korea National Maritime Museum Sep. 30 – Oct. 9, 10:00 – 17:00

 

Korean Traditional Performance‘Uri Garak, Uri Madang’

Busan Citizens Park, Oct. 1, 2:00 p.m.

Free admission

Phone: (051)745-7233

 

Exhibition: Listening to Transparency

Period: Sep. 29 – Dec. 31, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Closed: Every Mondays, October 3-4

Venue: F1963, Kiswire museum

Free admission

Phone: (051)754-7233, Website: www.f1963.co.kr

 

Please refer to the Chuseok holiday opening/closing schedule for cultural and tourism facilities in Busan listed below:

 

Busan Museum

(including Bokcheon Museum, Modern History Museum, Provisional Capital Memorial Hall, Dongsam-dong Shell Midden Museum, Jeonggwan Museum and Busan Citizens Park Museum)

Closed: Oct. 10

Open: Oct. 2 – Oct. 9 (Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.)

Closure of the Cultural Experience Center: Oct. 1 – 4 (Tel. 051-610-7150)

 

Busan Marine Natural History Museum

Closed: Oct. 10

Open: Oct. 2 – Oct. 9

Tel.: (051)553-4944

 

Busan City Tour (BUTI, JUMBO bus, Mandi bus and Nakdonggang Eco bus)

Closed: Oct. 2 - 4

Open: Oct. 5 - 9

Telephone and Website:

Tel. (051)464-9898, www.citytourbusan.com

Tel. (051)714-3799, www.jumbobus.kr

 

Hanbok Experience Hall in BEXCO Auditorium

Open: Sep. 30 – Oct. 1, Oct. 5-8 (Closed on Oct. 2 – 4, Oct. 9)

Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Free admission

For more info.: 070-8840-1472

 

Busan Hwamyeong Arboretum

Open: Sep. 30 – Oct. 3, Oct. 5 - Oct. 9, 9:00am - 6:00pm (closed on Oct. 4 and Oct. 10)

Last entry is at 5:00 p.m.

Event: Korean Traditional Folk Games

For more info.: (051)362-0261

 

Busan Cinema Center

There are no film screenings from October 5 to 11 in the theaters at the Busan Cinema Center due to the preparation for 22^nd Busan International Film Festival taking place from October 12 to 21.

 

Forty Stairs Cultural Center and Baeksan Memorial Hall in Jung-gu

Closed: Sep. 30 – Oct. 9

Phone: (051)600-4042

 

History Museum of Joseon Tongsinsa

Sep. 30 - Oct. 9, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Website: http://www.tongsinsa.com/html/

 

Nakdong Estuary Eco Center

Sep. 30 - Oct. 9, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Closed on Oct. 10