When traveling to a new place, you can get a deeper understanding of all you will see by visiting a museum in advance. For your tour, start off by spending an hour or so reading about the history of the city at Gyeongju National Museum.
The museum provides the perfect place to learn about the Silla Dynasty and Gyeongju’s history in one location, being divided into Silla History Gallery, Silla Art Gallery, Wolji Gallery, and the outdoor exhibition. The Silla History Gallery displays artifacts from the start of the Silla Dynasty, through their prosperity in the United Silla period and into their eventual decline. The highlights of this gallery are the golden accessories, such as crowns and belts, on display in Exhibition Hall 2. These artifacts were excavated from Cheonmachong Tomb.