2. Gyeongju is a city of history and culture treasuring ancient heritage. The city’s national museum is one of the country’s finest, containing many
treasures of the Silla kingdom, of which Gyeongju for about 1,000 years from 57 BC until 935 AD., was the capital. This remarkable period in
Korean history had importance and lasting influence in terms of the political, architectural and academic history of the country.
At the Gyeongju National Museum, there are a total of five permanent exhibition areas: Silla History Gallery; Silla Art Gallery; Wolji Gallery;
Treasury of the Silla Millennium and Outdoor Exhibition. Free admission (excl. special exhibitions that require a ticket)
In order to ensure order and safety for the visitors, the visitors must be issued a “free admission ticket” before entering the museum

3. The Silla History Gallery invites visitors to explore the ancient kingdom of Silla, which reigned over
the south-eastern part of the Korean Peninsula for a thousand years from 57 BC to 935 AD

4. History of earthenware and stone tools of
the prehistoric age

5. Long-necked jar with figurines. Tomb of Michu, 5th CSilla, 5th C

6. Gojoseon’s huge leap to the
production of bronze ware

7. Ornamented sword
from Gyerim-ro
The Gyerim-ro
dagger and sheath
are ornately
decorated treasures
that were excavated
from an ancient
Korean tomb from
the Silla Kingdom
(57 BC – 935 AD)
in 1973

8. Dagger and gold scabbard, 6th century, dagger iron,
scabbard gold alloy, garnet, and glass

9. The Gyerim-ro dagger and sheath are understood to originate from the Black Sea
area, testifying to the expansiveness of the Silk Road network in the ancient world

11. Inlaid glass bead necklaces
Silla 5th century

12. Crystal ornaments and necklaces. Unified Silla, 8~9th century

13. Gold crown pendants like this were generally
hung from a crown for ornamental purposes.
They are shaped like earrings, but longer.

14. Gold rings Silla, 5th century

16. The Silla History Gallery has four rooms with
artefacts displayed from the pre-historic era
to the forming of the kingdom in the middle
of the 4th century, the conquering of nearby
lands around the 6th century, and
unification of the three kingdoms (Silla,
Baekje, and Goguryeo) to form the Unified
Silla Dynasty
Recovered from the Geumgwanchong (Gold
Crown Tomb), Cheonmachong (Heavenly
Horse Tomb), and Seobongchong (Felicitous
Phoenix Tomb) mound tombs, there is a vast
collection of personal ornaments made of
pure gold such as crowns, decorated
waistbands with hanging tail ornaments,
belts, bracelets, earrings, and rings.

17. Comma-shaped jades

19. The glass vessels of Silla
(25 in total) have been
discovered at the tombs
which also contained gold
crowns

20. Glass vessel, 6th C
In ancient Korean society, glass was treated something as precious as
gold and the glass vessels were the most important trading items.
Most of glass vessels discovered in Silla tombs are now presumed
produced in the east Mediterranean coastal area

22. Gilt-bronze cauldron. Unified Silla period

23. Bronze hand bell. Goryeo dinasty

24. Gold necklace Silla, 5th century

26. The gold crown Gyo-dong 5th century

27. The gold crown Gyo-dong, the oldest of the six gold crowns found at Gyeongju is from the 5th century

28. The cap, along with the gold crown, is an important
accessory that represents the wearer’s social rank. It was
made of gold, silver, gilt-bronze or birch-tree bark, and
gold caps appear to have been reserved for the king

30. The cap is generally conical in shape, with angled tops in some exceptions. The bottom rim has punctured holes
at a close interval to attach cloth, which then hung down and was tied at both ends.

31. Gold Belt of Silla- the King’s Authority
Gold Waist Belt from Cheonmachong Tomb (Heavenly Horse Tomb)

32. Golden earring of Heavenly
Horse Tomb
Excavation work of large Silla
tombs invariably yields a great
number of gold earrings without
exception, which is unprecedented
elsewhere.
Silla earrings are highly elaborate
and resplendent, indicating the
Silla people’s aesthetic sense and
advanced metalwork craftsmanship.
The earrings came in various shapes
and are generally classified into two
types, according to the thickness of
their central ring: one with a thick
hollow ring and the other with a
thin solid ring.

33. Earrings of the 6th century, in particular, were splendidly decorated
by attaching hundreds of gold grains or inserting blue or red jade pieces

35. Earrings of the 6th century, in particular, were splendidly
decorated by attaching hundreds of gold grains or inserting
blue or red jade pieces.

37. Gold
diadem
ornament
Silla,
6th
century

38. Silla people seem to have enjoyed
decorating their heads with feather
or wing-shaped patterns. The diadem
ornament of Silla is shaped into a
bird flying with fully extended wings.
Artifacts from earlier periods were
attached on the front of the cap, but
after the 6th century, it appears to
have been used as a separate item of
adornment as its size increased

39. Gold
crown
and
diadem
ornament
Silla,
6th
century

42. The first of the six gold crowns found at Gyeongju
is from the 6th century

43. Gold crown and other ornaments of Silla, Geumgwanchong tomb

45. The gold crown
of Silla,
Geumgwanchong
tomb
6th C

46. The gold crown
of Silla,
Geumgwanchong
tomb

48. The gold crown
of Silla, from
Seobongchong
Tumulus

49. The gold crown
of Silla, from
Seobongchong
Tumulus

50. The gold crown Silla
from Heavenly Horse
Tomb

51. The
gold
crown
Silla
from
Heavenly
Horse
Tomb

52. The gold crown Silla from
Heavenly Horse Tomb

53. Geumnyongchong
National Museum of Korea, Seoul
Hwangnamdaechong (Northen Tomb)
National Museum of Korea, Seoul

54. Reproduction of the appearance of filling all
kinds of riches in the southern part of the tomb
of Hwangnam Daechong (Northern Tomb)

55. Hwangnamdaechong (Northen Tomb)

56. Hwangnamdaechong (Northern Tomb)

57. Hwangnamdaechong (Northern Tomb)

58. Hwangnamdaechong
(Northern Tomb)

59. Hwangnamdaechong (Northern Tomb)

60. Chestlace Silla, 6th C

62. Gilt-bronze openwork saddle

63. Gold shoes

64. Roof tiles in Gyeongju
National Museum from
Hwangnyongsa

65. Bronze
buddhist
gong
1109
Stone
pillar.
Unified
Silla
period

66. Lion stone guardian. Unified Silla

67. This stone monkey was originally part of a set of animal figures representing the oriental zodiac, which were placed around the tomb of King
Seongdeok (33rd Silla King, r. 702-737)

68. The pottery ordinal type (a bowl decorated
with auspicious animals) measuring 15.1 cm in
height and 17.5 cm in length, with a dragon-
shaped head and tail. It is believed that it was
used for the same purpose as a kettle
Silla, 5th-6th century A.D.
Found in the tomb of a Silla king

70. Sound: Cheongseonggok for solo daegeum performed by Park Jeong-won (National Gugak Center Court Music Orchestra)
2023
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72. Gyeongju, home to three
UNESCO World Heritage Sites,
is imbued with the aura of
tradition dating back to the
Silla Kingdom.
Gyeongju was founded in 57
BC as capital of the Kingdom of
Silla, and remained its seat of
power for nigh on a thousand
years – the Silla dynasty got
through a whopping 56
monarchs before collapsing in
935. As a result, the city has
more historic sites than
anywhere else in the country.
The city's brand slogan, "Golden
City, Beautiful Gyeongju", was
coined to make Silla's golden
vestiges into new historical
tourism contents, and establish
Gyeongju as a global city of
history and culture