Midang Poetry Museum

미당시문학관

Seo Jeong-ju's poems in an old schoolhouse

Hours

Mar–Oct 9am–6pm, Nov–Feb 9am–5pm; closed Mondays and Jan 1

Tickets

Free

Address

2-8 Jilmajae-ro, Buan-myeon, Gochang

This literary museum is a converted primary school that closed in 2001. Classrooms now hold the poems and belongings of the poet Seo Jeong-ju, so reading them feels like walking a school corridor. His birthplace and grave in the Jilmajae village are close by, which makes a tidy half-day with them.