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Hanbok Culture Week 2023 in Seoul, South Korea

한복문화주간 2023

Oct2023
16 –22
Mon–Sun
Past edition

16 October 2023 to 22 October 2023

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2023 festival offered. The current information is on the Hanbok Culture Week page (Expected Oct 2027).

Venue this year. 173 participating sites nationwide.

Dates16–22 Oct 2023
WeatherOctober average 20/11 °C (68/51 °F), 52 mm of rainMonthly averages, not a forecast: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020, Seoul station.
VenueNational Museum of Korea, Open Yard (commemorative event)서울특별시 용산구 서빙고로 137
AdmissionFree. Visitors in hanbok also enter Seoul's four main palaces, Jongmyo Shrine and the Joseon royal tombs free all year.
Next edition2024: 14–20 Oct 2024

Program

  • 20 Octcommemorative event in the courtyard of the Seoul Museum of Craft Art, with commendations to six contributors and the fashion show "The Butterfly Dream"

About the festival

Hanbok Culture Week (한복문화주간) is a free nationwide week of events celebrating hanbok, Korea's traditional dress, held each October around Hanbok Day (21 October). The ninth edition runs 19–25 October 2026 at about 410 sites, with the Hanbok Day commemorative event and fashion show at the National Museum of Korea's Open Yard in Seoul on 21 October, 17:00–18:30 (Ichon Station, Exit 2). Entry is free, and anyone wearing hanbok gets into Seoul's four main palaces and Jongmyo Shrine free all year.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Hanbok Culture Week page, which covers every edition.

Source

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18 October 2026, against the sources listed below.

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