The 10 Best Museums in Busan, South Korea

Optical Illusion Paradise, Trick Eye Museum in Busan Trick Eye Museum brings a new concept of culture and entertainment space, where visitors can explore 3D optical illusion paintings and installations by “becoming one” with the artworks. Trick Eye is shortened from ‘Trick of the eye’ and refers to a traditional art technique Trompe-l’oeil that turns two-dimensional paintings into three-dimensional images through the use of optical illusions. Paintings on museum walls, floors and ceilings come alive! Visitors are invited to step inside Trickeye paintings and installations and create their own original stories.

Gallery Mare pursues to serve as a dynamic space portraying modern art from various and in-depth perspectives. In this regard, Gallery Mare is actively engaged in activities related to exhibitions, educations and collections so as to take a step closer to viewers. Based on such efforts, it is reaping fruits through temporary exhibitions on novel themes, private exhibitions that mark an epoch in the history of modern art,and academic programs on a variety of items. Gallery Mare intends to provide viewer-oriented exhibitions that display various interpretations beyond the outdated discussions and respond to the current trend focusing on inter-disciplinary studies. Moreover, it is fostering artists in the areas of painting, sculpture, photography, and media art. Based on all these activities, Gallery Mare provides the role model and continues to make efforts to take the lead in the modern art and culture.

Goeun Museum of Photography, which was established by Goeun Foundation, is the first museum specializing in photography in a locality. The museum is dedicated to building photography archives, planning high-quality exhibitions and discovering and supporting new, future-oriented and creative artists. Also, for popularization of photographic art, our museum pursues the role of a regional open cultural art space, by providing various services such as publication, education and academic seminars. The museums open to the public for free. We hope that both Goeun Foundation and Goeun Museum of Photography, which were established on passion and love for culture and art, can be a foundation for cultural development of the region and vitalization of Korea Photographic art.