Glass Island in Jeju Island 2014

In my previous story, I told you about Jeju Island, which is located in the South part of South Korea. Today I want to continue to share with you some wonderful places on this amazing island.

Although Jeju island is very small, there are a lot of different theme parks on it. And today I will share one of them. And that park is definitely MUST SEE.

So…Welcome to the Glass Island or Glass Castle, or some in some posts they call it Glass Museum. Well, if be more precise, there are 2 glass museums on Jeju Island. And one of them is officially called the ‘Glass museum” and another one is “Glass Island”. And today I will take you around Glass Island.

The best transportation on Jeju is a car. Because public transportation is not so good as it is in Seoul. And also, the most of travel sights are far from the bus stops. For example, if you go to Glass Island by bus, so then you will need to walk about 20–30 mins from the bus stop to the museum. Therefore, there are a lot of different car rental services on the island. When I was on Jeju island, I didn’t have a driver’s license and I wasn’t a good driver at all (well, I am still not a good driver haha). So, we rented a car with a driver. Actually, it has a lot of advantages. First of all, you don’t need to check on the GPS how to go to the destination. Secondly, you don’t need to look for a parking slot, and then try to remember where did you park your car. And of course, traveling is always exhausting and you can take a rest while moving from one point to another.

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Glass Island is like a large museum in the open area. It was opened in 2008, however, it took a few years to project, design, and build it before the opening.

According to the museum director Mr. Kang, Glass Island reflects Jeju Island's nature’s gifts to us, and also its clean environment. A designer of the island worked super hard to make that museum interesting to all visitors, despite their age. Before starting to design the project, Mr. Kang has visited many countries where the glass industry is well-developed and famous. Such Czech Republic, Italy, Japan. Furthermore, local professionals from the Institute of Glass art assisted Mr.Kang in project development.

The museum doors are open every day from 9 AM till 7 PM. During the summer it works until 10 PM. The entrance is not free. For adults, it is about 11dollars, for middle and high school students — 9 dollars, and a kid’s ticket costs 8 dollars. But there are different types of DC. For some bank cards, for Jeju island citizens, and for retired people.

The Glass island is separated into 2 zones: inside and outside areas.

In the inside zone, visitors can find a lot of small glassworks. And there is a huge bean tree in the center of the building. Also, there is a special corner for people who want to try to make something from the glass by themself.

Each work in the museum is so incredible! Just look at this symphonic orchestra of dozens of musicians. Can you guess how big are them? each of them is no more than 2cm.

Let's go forward and look at some other exhibitions.

Do you like the ocean? aquarium? fishes? Then enjoy that glass aquarium world. Doesn’t it look super realistic?

There is a lot of other cool glassworks. But aren’t you curious about the outside zone too? You do, right? So stay online and wait for the next part of my story!