The National Lighthouse Museum (Korean : 국립등대박물관; Hanja : 國立燈臺博物館) is a lighthouse museum in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. [1]
The National Lighthouse Museum (Korean : 국립등대박물관; Hanja : 國立燈臺博物館) is a lighthouse museum in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. [1]
The museum was opened in 1985.
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