A museum without “do not touch” signs that will win the hearts of your children

People always wonder about the future, but there is one ridiculously simple way to know the future. You just need to watch children. If they play and have fun as much as they want without being nervous about adults, then you can be relieved.

At the Gyeonggi Children's Museum, you will forget about gloomy news from TV, newspapers, and Internet bulletin boards. Children chatter away like sparrows, happily walking around like chicks on every floor of the three-story museum. Only parents get tired, while their children go here and there to satisfy their curiosity, so caught up in every exhibit that they forget mealtime.

The Gyeonggi Children's Museum is Korea's first museum that has an independent building dedicated to children. "Nature Playground" on the first floor is a space for children from 12 to 48 months, where they can plant and harvest carrots and potatoes made of cloth and experience agriculture, the first fruit of the human civilization. "Jack and the Beanstalk: Twenty-first Century" is a structure 14 meters high with over 100 large leaves on three pillars. Since the first installation in 1985 at the Boston Children's Museum in the U.S., this popular structure has been installed in about 20 places around the world. Only children over 120 centimeters tall are allowed to climb it, which makes them the envy of younger children.

On the second floor, there is a hands-on area where children can feel the flow of river water and the power of water in artificial waterways. Aprons are available for children who tend to get their clothes wet while playing in the water. Other popular exhibits include the "Construction Site", where children can build houses with large blocks while wearing helmets and work clothes, and "Travel to the Human Body", which invites children to a virtual trip through the human body to observe its various organs. Children who experience the fun of children's museums during their childhood naturally visit museums when they grow up. A museum is a space that lets both children and adults become familiar with the many intellectual products of humanity, which are the fruit of curiosity about the world.

● "Eco Atelier" on the third floor is where children can make their own creations using recycled materials, which are regularly donated by the Hwaseong City Women Entrepreneur Association. The program starts every hour from 11:00 to 17:00 and is available to 50 participants on a first-come-first-served basis.

● The dolphin structure hanging from the ceiling of the lobby is the work of Choi Mun-seok. If you want to make it move, call it at 010-8771-8601. Receiving the signal, the dolphin moves as if swimming in the sea. There is no charge for the call!

● Kang Ik-jung's work "Blended with the Wind and Linked with the Ground" is installed on the outer wall of the museum. The Hangul characters made of colored glass and densely embedded on the wall represent the lyrics of children's favorite songs. Let's find the lyrics of your child's favorite song, like "The Nice Smelling Sweet and Sour Stylish Tomato".

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