Field trips are Monday – Friday usually from 10:00 AM or 10:30 AM – 12:00 – 12:30 PM (approximately 2 hours). We encourage all ages to come and enjoy a remarkable cultural experience of the rich traditions of Korean Culture.

 

 

The KCCLA Field trip consists of:

 

1)     Greeting and Introduction in the KCCLA Auditorium on the 3^rd Floor

2)     14 minute video presentation “Images of Korea”

3)     Tour of the LA Korea Center (the building next door to KCCLA which displays the most recent trends in Korea’s technical and entertainment culture – including educational kiosks, online games, animation, short film, tourism to Korea and the latest technology of Korea. This is a self-guided tour.

4)     Tour of the Korean Cultural Center Museum and Art Gallery. The first floor    museum features an exhibition titled, “Emerging Country in East Asia - Elegant Life of Noble Class during the Joseon Period". The exhibit displays a variety of traditional crafts, embroidery, and relics from the Joeson Dynasty (1392-1910) including a sarang bang (study room) and anbang (wife’s room). I will guide and interact more with the students during this part of the tour.

 

5)     If time permits, students assemble a 3D puzzle – either the Gobukseon (Turtle Ship) or Panokseon (Naval ship during the Joseon Dynasty 16^th century). Students take the 3D puzzle home with them to put together at home or for a class project the following day.

 

PARKING and ENTRANCE

 

Buses usually drop and pick up students IN FRONT OF the KCCLA building on Wilshire or the side of the building on Dunsmuir. Buses can also enter the parking lot in the back, but sometimes the lot is filled, so it is difficult to maneuver the bus. Buses usually park at the LA Tarpits (George Page Museum Park, LACMA), which is about 5 blocks (less than half a mile) west of KCCLA on the corner of Wilshire and Curson or on Dunsmuir St. if there are enough spaces. There is free bus parking at the LA Tarpits area for buses.

 

 

KCCLA does not provide a lunch venue for field trips. I recommend that teachers take their students to the LA Tarpits/George Page Museum park area near the Los Angeles County of Modern Art; there is a lot of space and sunshine. The park is 5 blocks west of KCCLA on the corner of Curson and Wilshire, less than a quarter of a mile on the right side. Bus parking is free on Curson and 6^th Street (on block north parallel to Wilshire).

If weather conditions are poor, I suggest the Farmer’s Market on 3^rd and Fairfax.

 

Please call me if you have any questions or leave a message. I do have openings, but they are starting to fill up.

 

Thank you,