Incheon Open Port’s Modern Architecture Exhibition Hall was originally built by Japan and was the place where the Incheon Branch of Japanese 18th Bank was located.
The Bank, headquartered in Nagasaki, Japan, opened the Incheon branch in 1890 when merchants in Nagasaki made great profits from brokerage trade in which British cotton fabrics imported from Shanghai were imported and exported back to the Korean market.
The Japanese 18th Bank is also the place where traces of a painful past remain, because it is where Japan intentionally established the branch with the aim of trying to dominate the Korean financial world.

Incheon Open Port’s Modern Architecture Exhibition Hall is a space that displays what Incheon has looked like since its opening, and by looking at such valuable materials, you can guess what Incheon was like at that time.

The Modern Architecture Exhibition Hall of the Incheon Open Port has a hipped roof made of Japanese-style tiles on a wooden truss, creating an exotic look. It is a place where you can see the early modern buildings, the scenery of each settlement area,and the modern buildings that were lost.

Being a place where the traces of modern civilization remain intact, Incheon Open Port’s Modern Architecture Exhibition Hall is considered one of the essential places to visit for college students majoring in modern history and modern architecture.
Visitors can find the hall located about 10 minutes from Incheon Station Exit 1 toward Chinatown.