Tteok Museum is a museum located in Waryong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Founded by Yoon Sookja, the chief director of the Institute of Traditional Korean Food (한국전통음식연구소), it opened in December, 2002.[1] The museum specializes in Korean cutlery with approximately 2,000 old Korean kitchen utensils from ancient maetdol (맷돌, grinding stones) to early 20th century kitchenwares on display[2] and exhibits 50 of Korea's nearly 200 types of tteok (Korean rice cake).[3]

Tteok Museum
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EstablishedDecember 2002
Location164-2 Waryong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
DirectorYoon Sookja
Websitetkmuseum.or.kr
Korean name
Hangul
떡박물관
Hanja
떡博物館
Revised RomanizationTteok bangmulgwan
McCune–ReischauerTtŏk pangmulgwan

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  1. ^ Park Gumi (2005). ""Tradition, not old fashion but competitiveness ("전통, 낡은 것 아니라 경쟁력이다")" (in Korean). NewsHankuk.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021.
  2. ^ English tour Korea Archived 2007-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Kim Hee-sung (2007-03-24). "Would tteok, or rice cake, by any other name taste as sweet?". The Korean Overseas Information Service.
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