Mokpo Natural History Museum Audio Guide & Tour — Things to Do in Mokpo, Korea

About

The Mokpo Natural History Museum is a place where you can see the magnificent 4. 6 billion years of Earth's natural history at a glance. Since reopening in 2004, it has housed over 20,000 precious specimens and materials, including Korea's first original carnivorous dinosaur egg nest fossil, and globally rare fossils of Prenoceratops and Conchoraptor.

Equipped with massive dinosaur skeletons, various mineral, animal, and plant specimens, as well as a 4D stereoscopic theater, it is particularly popular among family visitors with children. The wide lawn and outdoor sculptures in front of the museum provide a resting area, and a single admission ticket allows you to visit the adjacent Culture and Arts History Museum, Living Ceramic Museum, and Children's Sea Science Museum together, offering an even richer experience.

Stories you can hear here

10 stories · about 10 min

IntroA Dinosaur Egg Nest in a Rock from a Bridge Construction Site33 sec
SpotTheropod Dinosaur Egg Nest Fossil from Aphaedo, Sinan_Late CretaceousTheropod Dinosaur Egg Nest Fossil from Aphaedo, Sinanabout 1 min
SpotPrenoceratops Skeleton, Late Cretaceousabout 1 min
SpotConchoraptor Skeleton, Late CretaceousConchoraptor Skeleton, Late Cretaceous55 sec
SpotDiplodocus carnegii Skeleton, Late Jurassicabout 1 min

Show 5 more

SpotStenopterygius Fossil with Preserved Embryoabout 1 min
SpotMegalodon Tooth Fossil, Cenozoic Era56 sec
SpotArchelon Skeleton, Late Cretaceousabout 1 min
SpotLarge Rhinoceros Taxidermy Specimen53 sec
SpotAlbizia kalkoraabout 1 min

Preview

Imagine the moment a dinosaur egg nest was discovered inside a massive rock at a bridge construction site. A rare dinosaur fossil, one of only two of its kind in the world, and the secrets held in 4.6 billion years of history on Earth are waiting for you. Listen closely to the stories these ancient life forms have to tell.

This guide introduces the main exhibits one by one. Just play the audio when you are standing in front of an exhibit you want to see.

Keep listening in the app — stories play automatically by GPS as you get close.Keep listening in the app

Visitor info

Address: 135 Namnong-ro, Mokpo-si, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City
Hours: 09:00~18:00 (Last admission 17:00) ※ From June to the end of August, extended by 1 hour on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays
Closed: Every Monday (If Monday is a public holiday or part of a consecutive holiday, the following day) / January 1st
Admission: [Individuals] - Adults 3,000 KRW / Teenagers, Military/Police 2,000 KRW / Elementary School Students 1,000 KRW / Kindergarteners 500 KRW [Groups] 20 or more people - Adults 2,500 KRW / Teenagers, Military/Police 1,500 KRW / Elementary School Students 700 KRW / Kindergarteners 500 KRW [Residents of Mokpo] ID presentation required - 50% discount / Elementary School Students, Kindergarteners free [4D Stereoscopic Theater Admission] - 2,000 KRW/per person (Under 4 years old, pregnant women not allowed) ※ Free admission: Ages 65 and older, Persons of National Merit, Independence Patriots, May 18th Democratic Meritorious Persons, Persons with disabilities and 1 accompanying guardian ※ Free admission on Culture Day, the last Wednesday of every month