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Leeum Museum of Art

Yes, you can visit Leeum Museum of Art by wheelchair, with a ramp at the main entrance, an accessible elevator and accessible toilets. This art museum in Yongsan & Itaewon spreads over several floors, and the walk from the subway goes uphill.

Wheelchair
Wheelchair accessibleThe main entrance has a ramp, and the museum has an accessible elevator and accessible toilets.
Walking load
MediumYour visit covers several floors in separate buildings, but elevators and a lobby cafe give you ways to save steps and rest.
Source
Checked online · Oct 2026
Wide lobby at Leeum Museum of Art with a wooden slatted ceiling, dark columns, a white round form and a blue screen
Photo: KTO, KOGL Type 3

Getting there

  • Hangangjin StationLine 6Street elevator at Exit 3.About 310 m in a straight line.
    Station
  • Hangangjin Station toiletOutside the gates, B1, by Exits 1, 2, and 3. Wheelchair-usable.
  • Itaewon StationLine 6Street elevator at Exit 2.About 580 m in a straight line.
    Station
  • Itaewon Station toiletOutside the gates, B1, by Exit 3. Wheelchair-usable.

Accessible toilets near here

Heads-up

The museum is closed every Monday, on January 1, and on the days of Seollal and Chuseok.

Book ahead, because the ticket line can get long when the museum is crowded. Individual booking opens 14 days before your visit, with up to 4 tickets per person. You can enter from 20 minutes before your time until the next time starts.

The parking lot has little space, and cars cannot enter when it is full.

Getting in

Entrance
The main entrance has a gentle ramp. A ramp also connects the parking lot to the entrance.
Route
The official route from Hangangjin Station Exit 1 ends with an uphill road of about 5 minutes. One visitor wrote that you climb a little from the station. Exit 1 is not the street elevator exit, so in practice your path from the elevator exit likely differs.
Parking
The museum has 2 accessible parking spaces. The visitor parking lot is on B3 of the Children's Education and Culture Center (아동교육문화센터). It is only for museum visitors, until 18:00 as of October 2026.

Inside

Elevators
You can use an accessible elevator. The B1 lobby map shows two elevator symbols, one on each side of the M1 entrance.
Floors
The museum covers M1 (B1 to floor 4), M2 (B1 to floor 2) and the Children's Education and Culture Center (floor 1 to B3). One travel guide says stairs are easier on the gallery route, but you can take elevators between galleries, and strollers move fairly easily. That comment was not about wheelchairs.
Toilets
Accessible toilets are marked in the M1 B1 lobby, on B1 and floor 1 of M2, and on B2 of the Children's Education and Culture Center. Only regular toilets are marked on M1 floors 1 to 4, so use the lobby toilet before you go up.
Cafe
You can rest at Camel Coffee, the cafe in the lobby. Its drinks and cookies are allowed only in the lobby and the Black Box Lounge, not in the galleries.
Wheelchairs
You can borrow a wheelchair for free at the lobby information desk. The lobby information desk has two wheelchairs for loan.

Also useful

Hours
Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 18:00, as of October 2026. Ticket sales and the information desk end at 17:30.
Prices
From October 29, 2026, a combined special exhibition ticket is 25,000 won for adults and 13,000 won for ages 65 and over. A single ticket is 18,000 won for adults and 9,000 won for ages 65 and over. Prices are as of October 2026 and change with each exhibition. Ask at the ticket desk whether the senior price covers you.
Free entry
The traditional art permanent exhibition and the outdoor Gabriel Orozco Garden are free as of October 2026. Admission is also free for a person with a disability and 1 companion. Show proof at the information desk to get your ticket. Ask there whether this covers you and which proof is accepted.
Audio guide
You can borrow a free digital guide in Korean, English, Chinese or Japanese. It plays by itself when you reach a work. It is for elementary school age and up, and you must leave an ID such as a passport. The live guide service is paused for now, and its start and end dates are not known.
Other support
The museum added glasses for visitors with color vision deficiency from an October 24 start, but the year is not known. Its website also has collection videos with sign language, but which sign language is not known.

Not known yet

  • Which floors the elevators stop at, and whether they can replace the stairs on the M1 gallery route
  • The route from the elevator exit to the museum: crossings, curb ramps, sidewalks and how steep the hill is
  • Whether a wheelchair can reach the outdoor Gabriel Orozco Garden
  • Where the accessible parking spaces are, and the elevator route from them to the lobby
  • Whether borrowing a wheelchair requires an ID or a reservation

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