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Established | December 2002 |
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Location | 164-2 Waryong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
Director | Yoon Sookja |
Website | tkmuseum.or.kr |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 떡박물관 |
Hanja | 떡博物館 |
Revised Romanization | Tteok bangmulgwan |
McCune–Reischauer | Ttŏk pangmulgwan |
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]
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