Trick Eye Museum, Seoul

We had the day off yesterday so we headed into Seoul to the Trick Eye Museum. I’d already looked it up online, and even though I had seen all the pictures it’s still fun to go and put yourselves into the artwork and have your own photos.

It takes about an hour to go through the full experience. There’s a small house of mirrors and a “mission room” where you fill out a sheet with tasks linked to the artwork.

It was more expensive than the ice museum (W13,000) but worth the bit extra as we got a lot more out of it.

Getting There:

Take the Subway to Hongik University and go out exit 9.

It’s less than 10 minutes from there by foot. Just keep walking straight and take a left turn a few blocks up. See map below:

Ice Gallery, Seoul

​After a late night of Norae-Bang, (Karaoke), I dragged myself out of bed and went to the Ice Gallery. I’ve read that it’s the first indoor ice sculpture gallery in the world.

I don’t know whether it was the tiredness or the cold but I was a bit underwhelmed by the place. We paid W7000 in each and the place was about twice the size of a Korean apartment.

A lot of the sculptures were just random objects encased in ice and some of the installations didn’t seem to serve any particular purpose. However, there was an impressive ice Buddha and Korean palace that were worth a look up close.

For an extra W5000 there is the option to sculpt your own ice glass and have a drink out of it. However, in the exhibition I had sat down at an ice piano on an ice piano stool and surprise surprise ended up with a cold wet arse so I was keen to leave at that point.

If you want to do something quirky for under a tenner and you have half an hour to spare, then it’s worth popping into.  It’s also very close to Insadong which is full of life with plenty of street food and stalls you could easily spend an afternoon wandering throughout.

Getting There: 

Take the Subway to Anguk Station.

Take exit 1 and turn right. Take the second right down a pedestrianised street and walk about 5-7 minutes to the end until you get to a main street.

Turn right and its right there opposite a tourist information booth.

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