See orchids and other local fauna on display here.
Orchid Exhibition Hall
Mokpo
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This museum is aimed at children, with large dinosaur skeletons, live lizards and fish, and thousands of colourful-but-dead butterflies.
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4. Mokpo Modern History Museum
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This museum is housed in the Mokpo branch of the Japanese Oriental Colonization Company, a building from the 1920s. It takes a hard look at the Japanese…
5. Mokpo Culture & Arts Center
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A grand four-floor atrium building that displays the work of local artists who work in all genres – from traditional ink to colourful modern splodges,…
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This hall contains a collection of paintings by five generations of the Huh family, including work by Huh Gun, a master of Namjonghwa, a Korean art style…
8. Mokpo Ceramic Livingware Museum
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Traces the history and uses of Korean ceramics, from ancient pottery to biotechnology.