[Update: We just heard from our readers that both Museums were temporarily closed; It seems they may be trying to find a new location; We’ll keep you posted…]
Interactive, instructive and fun attraction making it a perfect destination for families with kids of all ages
Rolling ball museum is located on the second floor of Kyunghyang Art Hill, just opposite the Fun Museum. You can buy combined tickets to visit both attractions at the same time.
Whereas the exhibition is rather small, the Rolling Ball Museum is a magic place where hundreds of balls are bouncing, spinning and rolling around twisted metal constructs with turns and loops. You can spend long minutes to observe all those balls rolling and jumping around in endless cycles. Part of the exhibit is almost entirely hands-on.
How fascinating for kids to touch, roll, watch and play all by themselves.
If you want to have a look at the Fun Museum, you should rather buy the combined ticket. The Fun or Funique Museum is an interesting display of many original, surprising, funny and for most of them unusable objects and inventions. You can touch and play with everything displayed and it makes it really attractive for kids. You will find there fun glasses, hats and gloves, dancing lamps and holograms as well as some original musical instruments and puzzles and metal brain teasers.
Both museums are very fun, interactive and educative. Prefect place to visit in winter or during rainy days.
Opening hours:
- Weekdays 2pm -7pm (closed on Monday)
- Week-ends 10am – 7pm
Admission Fee:
- Rolling ball museum – 8,000 KRW (Children under 36 months free)
- Fun Museum – 8,000 KRW (Children under 36 months free)
- Combined ticket (Rolling ball + Fun Museum) – 9,000 KRW (Children under 36 months free)
Location – Kyunghyang Art Hill, 2F
How to get there:
Seodaemun Station (Line 5), Exit 5. Go straight 300m and turn right at the Jeongdong 4-way Intersection. Kyunghyang Art Hill is located 20m ahead on the left.
For directions go to Seoul Map for Kids and Families
For more information go to Rolling ball or Fun museum website.
Thanks for the tip! My kids (8 and 11) had lots of fun – and so did I!
Just one little update: The combined ticket is now 11,000 KRW.
The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday. Attempted to go on a Tuesday 7/1/2014.
The Museum is now a Toy Museum.
The Rolling Ball Museum’s current website is http://www.rollingball.co.kr (website is only in Korean) It is now located at subway stop Dosim Station on the GyeonguiJungang Line. Found the link on Korea Tourism Organization FB page.
Thank you for this update 🙂 We really appreciate it.
Hey, we were just trying to head here. FYI, the location has changed and it’s outside of Seoul now.