Seodaemun Museum of Natural History

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Seodaemun Museum of Natural History
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Seodaemun Museum of Natural History
EstablishedJuly 2003
LocationSan 5-58 Yeonhui-3 dong, Seodaemun-gu
Seoul, South Korea
Type Natural history museum
Website http://namu.sdm.go.kr/

Seodaemun Museum of Natural History is a first public museum of natural history in South Korea, located in a metropolitan area, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. It was founded in 2003 and operated by Seodaemun-gu Administration. The purpose of the foundation is to preserve, to study, and to exhibit geological and biological records about the local environment. [1]

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References

  1. "About Seodaemun Museum of Natural History". Seodaemun Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2008-04-21.

(in Korean) Museum of Natural History

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