Bonte Museum, Jeju Island, South Korea
4.5 (42 reviews) Spent 2-3 hours Ranking #31 in Seogwipo Speciality Museums • Art Museums
Out of the way, but worthwhile
Bonte Museum was designed by Tadao Ando who designed scores of museums (including the Suntory Museum in Osaka) in Japan so the building itself is very photogenic. The complex is divided into five galleries with one of them permanently housing two works by Yayoi Kusama, Pumpkin and the Infinity Mirrored Room (each visitor gets two minutes inside). One gallery is dedicated to Tadao Ando’s meditation room while the rest of the artwork inside rotates. The other three galleries were pretty bland with one dedicated to Korean traditional crafts and the other two dedicated to temporary exhibitions. Each gallery is relatively small with the entire museum taking a little over an hour to check out. The spacious surrounding area is a nice spot to chill after checking out the art if the weather is nice and despite the steep admission, it was still a worthwhile stop.
Address
69, Sallongnam-ro 762beon-gil, Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo, Jeju Island 63525 South Korea
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Website
http://www.bontemuseum.com/
Current local date and time now
Monday, May 13, 2024, 3:42
User Ratings
4.5 based on (42 reviews)
Reviews
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5kimwillrule 5:00 PM Jun 25, 2022
Kusama is the draw
Bonte Museum, Seowigpo, Jeju Island Korea: Exposed concrete fans alert - this is concrete paradise. If you love the raw industrial look of concrete as much as I do, this has to be in your itinerary. Bonte Museum is one of those low key museums with the high-brow artworks - Yayoi Kusama’s water light installation is here (the other in Copenhagen) as well as the famous polka-dotted pumpkin. Expect a long queue for this. There are other good pieces as well and the celebrate all things concrete here. #eatstylishtravelstylish
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5CarolienBAC 5:00 PM Aug 17, 2019
Interesting collection presented in beautiful architecture
I was really impressed by this museum, designed by the famous Japanese architet Tadao Ando. The architecture of the building and the beautiful garden make this place worth a visit, but the collection is also really interesting. I really loved the collection artefacts from the late Joseon period an the special exhibition 'Carriage to Heaven' that shows sangyeo (traditional funeral bier) and kkokdu (small statues used as decoration for the sangjyeo). The joyous artwork of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama were a nice extra on top of all that. Not to be missed when visiting Jeju.
