As a representative national museum of Gangwon-do, this museum was opened on October 30, 2002. This museum is the nation¡¯s central culture base facility, which not only displays and conserves the cultural heritages of Gangwon from the prehistoric age to the ancient time, Goryeo period, and the modern Choseon systematically, but also performs the science research and the social culture education.
Constructed in the background of the graceful nature landscape of Aemakgol of Chuncheon, city of beautiful lakeshore, Chuncheon national museum with advanced facilities is the modern-styled three-storied building, and its land area is 14,614 pyeong, floor area of construction is 3.060 pyeong, and the exhibition room displays around 1,000 relics including four treasures and one national treasure (No. 124 ¡®Seated bodhisattva granite of Hansongsa temple site). This museum is a composite culture space formed variously with a lecture hall with 230 seats, library, lecture room, seminar room, outdoor performance hall, cafeteria, and museum shop, etc, in addition to them. Chuncheon national museum was selected as the Korean excellent and beautiful construction to be awarded the prize for construction from the Korean Institute of Architects. Also, this museum is a note place of local culture providing a comfortable and agreeable culture enjoyment space to visitors as a treasure house of cultural heritages of Gangwon.