The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) will raise the admission fee for the <Damien Hirst Exhibition>, part of this year’s (2026) ‘International Masters Exhibition’ , to 8,000 won. The admission fee forthe<Seo Do-ho Exhibition> in August, also part of the ‘International Masterpiece Exhibition’ lineup ,has been set at 8,000 won.

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Conclusion: How high will it go?

The key point of this increase is that “International Masterpiece Exhibition tickets are 8,000 won.” While the existing general admission fee (2,000 won) remains unchanged, a differential pricing system will be applied only to specific special exhibitions, such as large-scale overseas exhibitions.

Compared to last year’s Ron Mueck exhibition

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art set the admission fee for last year’s <Ron Mueck Exhibition> at 5,000 won. Based on this, the current 8,000 won fee represents an increase of approximately 60% compared to 5,000 won. Furthermore, last year’s ‘Ron Mueck’ exhibition reportedly drew 533,035 visitors over 94 days.

Why the increase: “Transportation costs account for 70%”

The museum directly cited the burden of overseas artwork transportation costs as the reason for the admission fee increase. The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art explained, “Transportation costs account for 70% of the approximately 3 billion won budget for this year’s Damien Hirst exhibition.”

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Reports indicate that while admission formajor international exhibitions(Damien Hirst, Seo Do-ho) will increase to 8,000 won, the standard admission fee will remain at 2,000 won.
The MMCA also stated it will maintain its free admission policy for socially disadvantaged groups and young adults.

Conclusion: How high will it go?

Compared to last year’s Ron Mueck exhibition

Why the increase: “Transportation costs account for 70%”

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