The National Folk Museum of Korea is a museum located in the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, South Korea.
This museum is divided into three spaces. The “Lobby of the Korean Lifestyle” presents the cultural characteristics of prehistory to the Joseon period. The “Hall of the Koreans at work” presents tools for agriculture, hunting and fishing as well as clothing and homes. The “hall of the cycle of Korean life” shows the different stages of life, birth, marriage and death. The exhibition continues outside with totems, dol hareubangs, granaries and windmills.
Gyeongbokgung (Hangul: 경복궁; Hanja: 景福宮), also known as Gyeongbokgung Palace or Gyeongbok Palace, was the main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty. Built in 1395, it is located in northern Seoul, South Korea.