Busan Bank Financial History Museum
부산은행 금융역사관
About
A free first-floor museum tracing Busan Bank’s history through old passbooks, counting machines, uniforms and bank songs.
Old passbooks, savings piggy banks and counting machines make the first floor of Busan Bank’s head office feel less like a corporate lobby and more like a walk through everyday banking. The free Busan Bank Financial History Museum follows the bank from its founding in 1967 through the IMF crisis and into the present BNK group, placing its company story alongside changes in Korea’s modern economy. Look out for staff uniforms, posters and bank songs from the 1970s among the displays; the old machines and paper records give the history something tangible to hold on to. The exhibition is divided into three areas: a bank history section, a promotional hall and a finance-and-economy experience room. Take time to compare the older tools and materials with the more recent parts of the timeline rather than treating it as a quick display of memorabilia. The experience room is intended to introduce finance and the economy, though the available visitor accounts do not describe particular activities. The museum is quiet and can be nearly empty on a weekday morning, so children can look around without having to compete with a crowd. Find it on the first floor of the head office, behind the information desk; ask staff there for directions. Kukje Geumyung Center station, also known as Busan Bank station on Metro Line 2, connects directly to the building from Exit 1. The museum is free and open Monday to Friday, 09:00–18:00; it is closed on Saturday and Sunday, despite older online information that has listed Saturday hours. A guided explanation may be possible, but group visits can be restricted, so check with staff before bringing a group. This is a good short stop for families with school-age children, or for anyone curious about the objects behind banking rather than finance as an abstraction. It is a focused institutional history, not a broad museum of Korea’s economy, and visitors looking for a large or highly interactive exhibition may find the scope limited.
Local tips
- Enter the head office from Kukje Geumyung Center station Exit 1.
- Ask the information desk for directions to the first-floor museum.
- Visit Monday to Friday, 09:00–18:00; the museum is closed on weekends.
- Check with staff ahead of time if you plan a group visit.
Details
- Kukje Geumyung Center (Busan Bank)
Opening hours
- Sunday
- Closed
- Monday
- 09:00–18:00
- Tuesday
- 09:00–18:00
- Wednesday
- 09:00–18:00
- Thursday
- 09:00–18:00
- Friday
- 09:00–18:00
- Saturday
- Closed