Basic Information
Postal Code | 52963 |
Homepage | museum.goseong.go.kr |
Address | 618 Jaranman-ro, Hai-myeon, Goseong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do |
Usage Information
Information & Inquiries | +82-55-670-4451 |
Parking Facilities | Available |
Parking Fee | Two-wheeled vehicle: 500 won Small vehicles (fewer than 15 seats): 2,000 won Large vehicles (more than 15 seats): 3,000 won |
Closed Days | Mondays (Closed the following day if Monday falls on a public holiday), New Year's Day, Day of Seollal (Lunar New Year's Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day) |
Usage Fee | Adults 3,000 won / Teenagers 2,000 won / Children 1,500 won |
Operating Hours | March-October 09:00-18:00 / November-February 09:00-17:00 (Last admission: 1hr before closing) |
Scale | Land area: 7,400 ㎡ Building area: 3,441.77 ㎡ Exhibition area: 1,447.58 ㎡ |
Detailed Description
Collections Status | Genuine dinosaur artifacts & copies, general fossils, dinosaur models, etc. |
Goseong Dinosaur Museum is located in the Sangjogam Park, which is renowned as the world's largest dinosaur footprint fossil site. Sangjogam is where the first dinosaur footprints were discovered in South Korea. The museum features five exhibition halls and a theater. Visitors can see genuine egg fossils of Oviraptor and Protoceratops, as well as dinosaur models. The museum is connected to the Sangjogam Beach, where dinosaur footprints are preserved.