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There is a place where you can have a good time and relax
with your significant other or family!
It’s none other than Grevin Museum!
Keep on
reading to learn more.
What kind of place is Grevin Museum?
Grevin Museum located
on Eulji-ro in Jung-gu, Seoul
is divided into three
themes with diverse experience zones.
The original museum opened in Paris in 1882 and thus
celebrated its 130th anniversary in 2012.
The wax museum operating branches in Montreal and
Prague opened an additional location in Seoul in 2013.
Grevin
Seoul has become a major tourist attraction in the city,
allowing
visitors to meet famous figures that they’ve always yearned to meet in person
and
turning dreams into reality.
Grevin Museum (Seoul)
*Hours of operation: 9:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
(last entry at 6:15 p.m.)
*Adult admission: KRW 18,000
A Fabulous
Party with Global Stars!
On the second floor, visitors can enjoy a
fabulous party with global stars hailing from Korea
ranging from beauty and fashion icons to
celebrated actors and K-pop artists
as well as veterans on the music scene and
hallyu (Korean wave) stars.
The Beauty Salon, Fashion Studio, Hall of
Fame, Recording Studio Exhibition Hall and other places
provide a glimpse into the lives of widely
beloved Korean celebrities by showcasing their clothes and more.
Wax Figures of Presidents,
Sports Stars and Artists
On the third floor featuring a model of the
presidential jet
and wax figures of heads of state,
you can meet a number of sports stars, feel
like a pilot, check out the masterpieces of Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and
others, and even try making digital wax figures.
Meeting
Korean Historical Figures and the World’s Most Brilliant Minds
Climb on to the fourth floor
and you’ll get to meet some of the most respected historical figures in Korea,
the world’s most brilliant minds, and leaders who dedicated themselves to world
peace.
At Grevin Museum, you can
create wonderful memories with your significant other or children,
while meeting beloved Korean
celebrities, world-renowned Hollywood stars, and great figures of Korea
including the Great King Sejong who created hangeul, which is the Korean
alphabet.
A Café and Shop That Are Worth Visiting
Last but not
least, there are a café and a shop that are worth visiting.
Café Grevin is
open to anyone, not just the visitors to the museum, and it’s actually one of
the most popular eateries in the Euljiro area.
Grevin Shop
(boutique) offers products related to hallyu stars,
original products
that you can only purchase at Grevin Seoul,
and artworks with
French sensibility that have been reinterpreted in Korean style.
Café Grevin
*Hours of operation:
10:00 a.m. ~ 10:00 p.m. (closed on Sundays)
Grevin Shop
(Boutique)
*Hours of operation: 10:00 a.m. ~ 6:00 p.m. (last
entry at 5:00 p.m.)
How can we get to Grevin Museum?
Take the subway
from Seoul Station (“0”; Line No. 1) and get off at City Hall Station (“0”).
Walk for around “6” minutes from Exit “5” to get to
Grevin Museum.
That was some
info on Grevin Museum located in Seoul!
We hope you check
it out and enjoy everything it has to offer.
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