Kansong House (간송옛집)

Visit info

Hours

09:00-18:00

Closed

Closed Sundays, Mondays, Jauary 1, Seollal (Lunar New Year's Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day) holidays and upon the reqeust of Kansong Art and Culture Foundation

Information

+82-2-954-5757

Parking

Not available

About

The 100-year-old traditional hanok Kansong House sits by the burial mound of Kansong Jeon Hyeong-pil (1906-1962), who played a significant role in preserving the cultural heritages of Korea during the Japanese colonial period. This house was orginally built by Kansong's adoptive father Jeon Myeong-gi (1870-1919) to us as a storage facilities for harvested agriculture from the northern Gyeonggi-do and Hwanghae. After his father's death, Kansong used the house as a ritual house for his father and often stayed here. Some damages were done to the house during the Korean War, and partial repair was made after his death.

Getting there

149-18 Sirubong-ro, Dobong-gu, Seoul

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