The museum sits within the Daepyeong archaeological site, which yielded massive amounts of carbonized rice grains, proving early intensive wet-rice agriculture in prehistoric Korea.
Outdoor exhibits feature full-scale reconstructions of Bronze Age pit-houses based directly on actual post-hole excavation data found at the local site.
The surrounding area was heavily excavated before the construction of the Jinju Dam, revealing one of the densest clusters of prehistoric settlements in East Asia.
Exhibits detail the transition from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to complex stratified societies centered around communal agriculture and metallurgy.
Jinju Bronze Age Culture Museum is a specialized public museum located in Daepyeong-myeon, an area renowned as a massive repository of prehistoric relics submerged or uncovered near the Namgang River basin. The museum showcases excavated artifacts from the Daepyeong prehistoric site, which is one of South Korea's most significant Bronze Age agricultural settlements. Exhibits feature dwelling site reconstructions, polished stone daggers, pottery, and agricultural tools that illustrate early rice farming societies on the Korean Peninsula. The facility includes both indoor exhibition halls and an outdoor complex featuring reconstructed pit-houses and dolmens. Visitors can explore how prehistoric communities lived, farmed, and buried their dead along the southern river valleys.
The elevated outdoor viewing platforms overlooking the reconstructed prehistoric village and the adjacent Namgang reservoir waters.
Combine the indoor museum visit with a walk through the outdoor prehistoric village area to see the reconstructed dwellings up close.
Wear comfortable walking shoes, as the outdoor site covers a wide open area along the reservoir landscape.
Do not touch fragile artifacts inside the exhibition halls or climb on the reconstructed thatched roofs of the outdoor pit-houses.
Closed on Mondays.
