Seoul Woori Sori Museum Han River Exhibition: Free Guide to “Hangang, Flowing as Sound”

Seoul Woori Sori Museum’s special exhibition “Hangang, Flowing as Sound” is a focused Han River Sound Exhibition for visitors who want to understand the river through Korean folk songs, recordings, visual materials, and hands-on listening spaces. The exhibition is scheduled to run from June 19, 2025, to May 28, 2026, in the museum’s special exhibition room, with free admission listed by the official exhibition page and Seoul Culture Portal. ^{1 2 3}

For anyone planning a visit near the end of the schedule, the key point is timing: the exhibition period reaches its final listed date on May 28, 2026. The available visitor information says opening hours are Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00 to 18:00, and the Seoul Culture Portal lists the event as open to everyone. ³

Seoul Woori Sori Museum Han River Exhibition: What to Know Before Visiting

The exhibition title, “Hangang, Flowing as Sound,” points to a simple but specific idea: the Han River is presented not only as scenery or geography, but as a place remembered through sound. Seoul Woori Sori Museum describes the exhibition as introducing folk songs and related materials connected to the Han River in one place, while showing past and present views of the river through landscape paintings, maps, photographs, and video materials. ²

The visit is best approached as a listening-led museum experience. Instead of treating folk songs as isolated pieces of music, the exhibition connects them to the river’s work, movement, neighborhoods, memory, and cultural landscape. The official announcement says the exhibition introduces songs that sang of the Han River, including “Hangangsu Taryeong” and “Nodeul Gangbyeon,” along with “Siseon Baennorae,” a boatmen’s work song associated with labor on the river. It also uses photographs, video, sound recordings, and experiential spaces. ¹

Practical planning is straightforward. The venue is the special exhibition room at Seoul Woori Sori Museum. Admission is free. For schedule confirmation or visitor questions, Seoul Culture Portal lists the inquiry number as 02-721-7514. ^{2 3}

Because the source material does not provide a reservation requirement, ticket release process, or paid ticket category, readers should treat the confirmed information conservatively: the listed admission fee is free, the venue is the museum’s special exhibition room, and the publicly provided operating hours are Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00 to 18:00. ^{2 3}

What the Exhibition Covers

The strongest reason to visit is the exhibition’s narrow but rich subject: Korean folk sound connected to the Han River. Coverage includes songs that directly evoke the river and songs tied to river work. Alongside “Hangangsu Taryeong,” “Nodeul Gangbyeon,” and “Siseon Baennorae,” Woori Culture Newspaper reported that the exhibition is organized in three parts and also addresses “Inje Tteokmok Arirang” and the emotional presence of the Han River in folk songs from across Korea. ⁴

The museum materials described in the source records go beyond audio alone. Visitors can expect a mix of folk songs, artifacts, landscape paintings, maps, photographs, video, and listening or experiential elements. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s culture information listing describes the exhibition as a free presentation of Han River-related folk songs and artifacts at Seoul Woori Sori Museum, including SP and LP records, lyric books, and sheet music. ⁵

That combination matters for how to move through the gallery. If you are mainly interested in music, prioritize the recordings, lyric materials, and sheet music. If you are interested in Seoul history or the changing image of the river, pay attention to the maps, photographs, videos, and landscape materials that place the sound sources in a wider visual context. The available descriptions support both approaches: the exhibition is not framed simply as a music archive, but as a cultural reading of the Han River through sound and memory.

A short comment from Choi Byeong-gu, director of the Seoul Museum of History, captures that intention. He described the exhibition as “a place to illuminate” Korean sounds related to the Han River, which has flowed and lived together with Seoul citizens. ⁴

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Patrick Choi

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