| Museum Kimchikan | |||||||||
| Location: | 35-4, Insa-dong, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 37.5735°N 126.9848°W | ||||||||
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 16 | ||||||||
| Type: | Food museum | ||||||||
| Owner: | Pulmuone Inc | ||||||||
| Website: | (in English) | ||||||||
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Museum Kimchikan, formerly Kimchi Field Museum, is a food museum in Insa-dong, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea.[1] It originally opened in 1986 as the first such museum in Korea, and has since moved locations twice.[2] It focuses on kimchi: one of the staples of Korean cuisine.
Exhibits focus on the food's history, its historical and regional varieties, and its importance to Korean culture and cuisine. The museum collects data and statistics on kimchi and regularly offers activities for visitors, such as demonstrations of the kimchi-making process, kimchi tastings, and cooking classes.[3]
The Kimchi Field Museum was originally established in 1986 in Pil-dong, Jung District. It was the first museum to kimchi in the country. From 1987, the museum was managed by Pulmuone Inc. In 1988, the museum was moved to the COEX (Convention and Exhibition Center), in connection with the 1988 Summer Olympics that were hosted in Seoul that year.
In 2015, the museum was selected as one of the world's top 11 food museums by CNN.
The museum moved from its COEX location, and was reopened in its current Insa-dong location on April 21, 2015.