Seoul

===Museums===
{{Main|List of museums in Seoul}}
{{See also|List of museums in South Korea}}
[[File:国立中央博物館とソウルタワー - panoramio.jpg|alt=|thumb|The [[National Museum of Korea]]]]
[[File:War Memorial of Korea main building.JPG|alt=|thumb|The [[War Memorial of Korea]]]]
Seoul is home to 115 museums,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stat.seoul.go.kr/jsp2/Octagon/jsp/WWS7/WWSDS7100.jsp?stc_cd=401&lang=eng|title=Status of Museum|access-date=18 September 2014|publisher=[[Seoul Metropolitan Government]]|archive-date=11 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911123740/http://stat.seoul.go.kr/jsp2/Octagon/jsp/WWS7/WWSDS7100.jsp?stc_cd=401&lang=eng|url-status=live}}</ref> including four national and nine official municipal museums. The [[National Museum of Korea]] has a collection of 220,000 artifacts.<ref name="CNN">{{cite web|url=http://travel.cnn.com/seoul/play/seouls-best-museums-060516|title=Seoul's best museums|date=27 October 2011|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=2 June 2013|archive-date=16 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916014140/http://travel.cnn.com/seoul/play/seouls-best-museums-060516|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[National Folk Museum of Korea|National Folk Museum]] is located on the grounds of Gyeongbokgung and focuses on the daily life of historical Koreans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=268152|title=National Folk Museum of Korea|publisher=[[Korea Tourism Organization]]|access-date=18 September 2014|archive-date=16 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716225730/http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=268152|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Bukchon Hanok Village]] and [[Namsangol Hanok Village]] are old residential districts consisting of ''[[hanok]]'' (traditional Korean houses).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264116|title=Namsangol Hanok Village|publisher=[[Korea Tourism Organization]]|access-date=18 September 2014|archive-date=12 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012013656/http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264116|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=561382|title=Bukchon Hanok Village|publisher=[[Korea Tourism Organization]]|access-date=18 September 2014|archive-date=15 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915192817/http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=561382|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[War Memorial of Korea|War Memorial]] covers the history of wars that Korea has been involved with, especially the [[Korean War]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1848378_1848364_1848280,00.html|title=Seoul: 10 Things to Do|magazine=Time|publisher=[[Time magazine]]|access-date=18 September 2014|last1=Veale|first1=Jennifer|archive-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927065439/http://content.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1848378_1848364_1848280,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=268131|title=The War Memorial of Korea|publisher=[[Korea Tourism Organization]]|access-date=18 September 2014|archive-date=14 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214214704/http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=268131|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Seodaemun Prison]] is a former prison built during the Japanese occupation, and is used as a historic museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=268143|title=Seodaemun Prison History Museum|publisher=[[Korea Tourism Organization]]|access-date=18 September 2014|archive-date=4 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604201044/http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=268143|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Seoul Museum of Art]], [[Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art]], and [[Ilmin Museum of Art]] are art museums in the city.