Tteok Museum
Tteok Museum is a museum located in Waryong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Founded by Yoon Sookja, the chief director of the Institute of Traditional Korean Food (한국전통음식연구소), it opened in December, 2002.[1] The museum specializes in Korean cutlery with approximately 2,000 old Korean kitchen utensils from ancient maetdol (맷돌, grinding stones) to early 20th century kitchenwares on display[2] and exhibits 50 of Korea's nearly 200 types of tteok (Korean rice cake).[3]
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 떡박물관 |
| Hanja | -博物館 |
| Revised Romanization | Tteok bangmulgwan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ttŏk pangmulgwan |
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| Established | December 2002 |
| Location | 164-2 Waryong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Director | Yoon Sookja |
| Website | tkmuseum.or.kr |
See also
- Tteok
- Korean cuisine
- Kimchi Field Museum
- Korean Folk Village
- List of museums in Seoul
- List of food and beverage museums
References
- Park Gumi (2005). ""Tradition, not old fashion but competitiveness ("전통, 낡은 것 아니라 경쟁력이다")" (in Korean). NewsHankuk.com.
- English tour Korea Archived 2007-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Kim Hee-sung (2007-03-24). "Would tteok, or rice cake, by any other name taste as sweet?". The Korean Overseas Information Service.
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