

The central topic of this exhibition is ‘time travel’, and visitors follow the ‘timeline’ into the exhibition hall.

A few of the first hand axes are displayed, which were excavated in 1978 and 1979 at the Archaeological Site in Jeongok-ri, Yeoncheon.

A total of 14 fossilized human remains are displayed, from Toumaï, dating back 7 million years, to the Man of Mandal, dating back 10 thousand years. This collections lets viewers understand how human beings have been evolved into their present form.

The Australopithecus, who lived in forests, had to adapt themselves to the environment of the savanna. Several fossil animals are used to depict the savanna, where the first humans had to descend trees and walk with their feet in order to survive.

Homo Erectus traveled outside of Africa and into Europe and India, up to the Asian continent including China and Indonesia. Here, you can see what the subtropical environment looked like with the first immigrants in Asia.

It is supposed that Homo Erectus made their way to the Chugaryeong Valleys in Korea, where they could have found an advantageous environment for survival and abundant foods. Here you can learn about its vegetation, fauna and flora, and the shift of geological features.

This place depicts the scene of the 30-year excavation at the Archaeological Site in Jeongok-ri. Visitors can understand the distribution and levels of the prehistoric relics by viewing how deep they were placed within the stratum when they were excavated.

Here you can learn about the thinking skills of humans, from which artistic activities began, murals in caves, sculptures, and music were created, the notion of death developed, and where language originated.

You can see our humankind, who started evolving in the sultry weather of the savanna, arming themselves with thick leather clothing during the extremely cold ice age and hunting animals with more elaborate stone tools.

This place is dedicated to explanations of archaeology and various scientific analyses being conducted in the field. You can also gain diverse experience while learning how to start a fire and make stoneware..

You can compose your image with prehistorical human figures using an RFID card to take a guess at what you would have looked like if you had lived in the prehistoric age..