Tteok Museum Explained
| Tteok Museum |
| Embedded: | | Child: | yes | | Hangul: | 떡박물관 | | Hanja: | 떡博物館 | | Rr: | Tteok bangmulgwan | | Mr: | Ttŏk pangmulgwan |
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| Established: | December 2002 |
| Location: | 164-2 Waryong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Director: | Yoon Sookja |
| Website: | tkmuseum.or.kr |
Tteok Museum is a museum located in Waryong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Founded by Yoon Sookja, the chief director of the Institute of Traditional Korean Food (한국전통음식연구소), it opened in December, 2002.[1] The museum specializes in Korean cutlery with approximately 2,000 old Korean kitchen utensils from ancient maetdol (맷돌, grinding stones) to early 20th century kitchenwares on display[2] and exhibits 50 of Korea's nearly 200 types of tteok (Korean rice cake).[3]
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Notes and References
- News: "Tradition, not old fashion but competitiveness ("전통, 낡은 것 아니라 경쟁력이다") . https://web.archive.org/web/20211019152505/https://www.newshankuk.com/news/news_view.asp?articleno=k20050914195747034814 . dead . October 19, 2021 . Korean . 2005 . Park Gumi . NewsHankuk.com .
- http://english.tour2korea.com/03Sightseeing/DestinationsByRegions/Depth04.asp?sight=Culture&sightseeing_id=182&ADDRESS_1=6142&ADDRESS_2=5540&konum=1&kosm=m3_1 English tour Korea
- Web site: Would tteok, or rice cake, by any other name taste as sweet? . 2007-03-24. The Korean Overseas Information Service . Kim Hee-sung.
