Eunam Natural Science Museum

The Eunam Natural Science Museum opened in June 1997 in Gusu-dong, Mapo-gu. As Korea's first private natural science museum, it displays about 23,000 items from the more than 500,000 collected by director Lee Jong-wook, including animal fossils and specimens, ores, rare birds and insects, and folk artifacts. Major exhibits include a Korean sea turtle estimated to be over 500 years old, a Eurasian eagle-owl, a white-tailed eagle, a golden birdwing butterfly, an Alexandria birdwing butterfly, dinosaur egg fossils and bones, a man-eating clam weighing over 300 kg, a sturgeon, an emperor penguin, and fossils and specimens of horseshoe crabs. The exhibition halls consist of the Marine Hall, Bird Hall, Insect Hall, and Diorama Hall. Among these, the Marine Hall displays rare marine animals such as fish and shellfish, dinosaurs, and reptiles, and uses lighting and 3D display devices for each exhibit to enhance its three-dimensional effect. The Bird Hall displays rare birds and birds inhabiting Korea, and the Insect Hall displays rare insects and commonly seen Korean insects by color and type. The Diorama Hall recreates past natural ecosystems, divided into a bird diorama, an animal diorama, and an underwater diorama of the dinosaur era.