National Meteorological Museum of Korea

It is the first meteorological science and history museum that researches and preserves the meteorological culture of Korea from the Joseon Dynasty to modern times. The museum owns the world's last surviving rain gauge instrument, known as the Rain Gauge of the Chungcheonggamyeong Provincial Office, Gongju, invented 200 years earlier than the West. The Seoul Meteorological Observatory (52 Songwol-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul), where the National Meteorological Museum was established, is the center of Korea's modern and contemporary meteorological history. The modern meteorological observation started in Wonnam-dong, Gyeongseong, in 1907 and moved to Songwol-dong via Nakwon-dong. The building at the time of its establishment in 1932 and extension in 1939 have been maintained and served as the Korea Meteorological Administration until the administration moved to Dongjak-gu, Seoul, in 1998. For this continuity, it was selected as a ‘100-year observatory’ by the World Meteorological Organization in 2017. In 2016, when the museum was being built, the Seoul Meteorological Observatory was restored to its original form based on the architectural drawings of the 20th-century meteorological station kept at the National Archives. Please enjoy the change of weather and history at the National Meteorological Museum, the heart of Korea's meteorology.