Hyundai Card MUSIC LIBRARY (with VINYL & PLASTIC record shop on site) is a free music culture complex at 246 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, on Seoul Subway Line 6.
For a visitor, it is a free indoor stop on the Itaewon/Hannam-dong stretch of Line 6, and no Hyundai Card is needed to walk in.
This post covers the subway station and exit, the exact hours and closing days, whether entry costs anything, what the record shop stocks, and what to pair with it nearby.
The hours and access details below come from the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s English attraction guide, checked October 3, 2026.
How To Get To Hyundai Card MUSIC LIBRARY And Hyundai Card VINYL & PLASTIC By Subway
| Getting there from anywhere on the subway | Line 6 to Hangangjin Station, Exit 3, then a 411 m walk (about 5-6 minutes) |
|---|---|
| Getting there from Incheon Airport | AREX to Seoul Station, transfer to Line 6, get off at Hangangjin, Exit 3 |
| Evening visit | Works Tuesday-Saturday only — the venue is open to 21:00 those days |
| Sunday afternoon | Go earlier in the day — Sunday closes at 18:00, three hours earlier |
| Monday | Closed all day |
| Lunar New Year or Chuseok week | Closed during the holidays, even if a date falls on an open day |
| Record collector with 1-2 hours | Library floors first, then VINYL & PLASTIC’s 10,000+ records with listening stations |
Take Subway Line 6 to Hangangjin Station and leave by Exit 3 — the venue is a 411 m walk from there, about 5-6 minutes on foot.
The nearest-subway detail comes straight from the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s English listing, which names the station, the exit number and the 411 m distance.
From Incheon Airport, take the Airport Railroad (AREX) toward Seoul Station, transfer to Subway Line 6, get off at Hangangjin and take Exit 3.
To work out the trip from any other starting station, a Seoul subway route planner such as the one at koreankorea.com shows the transfer and travel time.
A standard subway fare covers the ride and a T-money card or single-journey ticket works for visitors.
The fare value itself is not restated here because it changes — the route planner page shows the per-trip cost.
Hyundai Card MUSIC LIBRARY Hours, Closing Days And The Sunday Warning
As of the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s English listing checked October 3, 2026, Hyundai Card MUSIC LIBRARY opens Tuesday to Saturday 12:00-21:00 and Sunday and public holidays 12:00-18:00, closed Mondays and during Lunar New Year and Chuseok.
| Days | Hours | Closing day hours run 3 hours earlier |
|---|---|---|
| Tue-Sat | 12:00-21:00 | — |
| Sun & public holidays | 12:00-18:00 | Sunday closes 3 hours earlier |
| Monday | Closed | — |
That works out to about 51 open hours per week (5 days x 9 hours plus 6 on Sunday).
The two holiday names matter: Lunar New Year and Chuseok close the venue even when they fall on an otherwise open day.
If your visit is a Sunday afternoon, go earlier in the day, because the doors shut at 18:00.
Evening visits only work Tuesday through Saturday.
Is It Free To Enter, And Do You Need A Hyundai Card?
General entry to the library, exhibition and vinyl shop areas is free and requires no Hyundai Card, according to the venue’s official English listing on visitseoul.net.
The listing states no admission fee, and Hyundai Card runs its culture libraries (Travel, Design, Cooking, Music) as free public browsing spaces.
What remains open is the boundary: the visitseoul.net page does not carry a fee line itself, and whether every listening lounge or turntable is open to walk-in visitors without a card is not confirmed on an official page.
The venue’s own site, dive.hyundaicard.com, is Korean-language only, so the visitseoul English listing is the practical first stop for foreign visitors.
Check the official Korean page or the venue (phone +82-2-331-6300) if your plan depends on a specific lounge or paid event — but note that English phone support is not guaranteed.
What VINYL & PLASTIC Sells: Records, Gear And The Merch Lines
VINYL & PLASTIC is a record shop on the same site as MUSIC LIBRARY, opened in 2016, and it stocks over 10,000 vinyl records and cassette tapes.
Per Hyundai Card’s own description, the shop is a ‘music store’ where the collection can be listened to, seen and owned, with rare LPs, turntables and listening stations to preview a record before buying.
Since September 30, 2025, the shop also carries official merchandise for Understage and VINYL & PLASTIC: 25 items including hood T-shirts, caps, beanies, eco bags, socks, card wallets and key rings.
Understage designs visualize sound waves and stage energy; VINYL & PLASTIC designs show vinyl records stacked on shelves.
Paying with a Hyundai Card takes an instant 10% off merch purchases.
A record collector weighing whether the stop is worth it gets a yes on volume — the 10,000+ inventory with listening stations is the draw.
The used-LP price range is not published in English, so expect to browse for prices in store.
How Long To Allow And What To Pair It With Nearby
Allow roughly 1-2 hours for the library floors and the VINYL & PLASTIC shop together.
That duration comes from the visitseoul.net listing’s own guidance for browsing both spaces.
The venue sits in Hannam-dong on the Itaewon stretch of Itaewon-ro, with cafés and galleries within walking distance and the Han River (Hannam Bridge) side nearby.
Understage, Hyundai Card’s live music venue in the same complex, has hosted 600+ artists and 200,000+ audience members since 2015 — worth adding if a show is scheduled that day.
For other pairing stops, koreankorea.com keeps an index of Seoul guides by region.
A visitor with a tight Line 6 itinerary can treat this as a 1-2 hour indoor block between Hannam-dong café stops; someone staying longer can add Understage when programming is on.
What It Is And Who It Suits — Before You Go
Hyundai Card MUSIC LIBRARY is a music-themed culture complex opened in November 2017, combining a library-style listening and archive space with the VINYL & PLASTIC record shop.
It is one of Hyundai Card’s chain of themed culture libraries in Seoul — Travel House (2015), MUSIC LIBRARY (2017), Cooking Library (2018) — run as public browsing spaces.
The libraries run rotating exhibitions and screenings that change monthly, such as a Rolling Stone Collection exhibition on old-school hip hop and art-library film screenings, so the content on any given visit differs by month.
MUSIC LIBRARY is now in its 9th year of operation (opened November 2017, as of October 2026).
Before heading out, check what exhibition or program is running that month — the current program is not fixed in English-language sources, so look at dive.hyundaicard.com or the venue’s newsroom page for the month you visit.
If you want analog records, listening stations and a quiet indoor stop near Itaewon, this fits; if you need guaranteed English-language signage or staff help, plan around the Korean-only official site.
If it were my trip, I would visit Tuesday to Saturday around the 12:00 opening, because that gives the longest window before closing and the quietest floors before the after-work crowd.
The first thing I would check is the exhibition running that month, since that decides whether the visit is worth pairing with a Hannam-dong cafe stop.
👉 visitseoul.net English listing
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Sources
- No admission fee stated on the official English listing; fre (english.visitseoul.net)
- MUSIC LIBRARY belongs to Hyundai Card’s themed library serie (dive.hyundaicard.com)
- null (koreankorea.com)
What To Check Before You Go — And What Could Not Be Confirmed
- Check the hours against your arrival day — it is shut on Mondays, closes at 18:00 on Sundays, and Lunar New Year and Chuseok close it even when they fall on an open day.
- I would visit Tuesday-Saturday around the 12:00 opening, browse the library floors, then finish in VINYL & PLASTIC flipping through the records at a listening station — after checking what exhibition is on that month.
- Closed Mondays and during Lunar New Year/Chuseok — a Sunday trip means planning around the 18:00 closing.
- Verify the admission policy on an official page before assuming every area is free and open — the visitseoul.net listing states no fee, but the full access policy for non-cardholders is not confirmed.
- Parking availability for visitors could not be confirmed from recent sources; parking is not covered in this post.
FAQ
Q. Is Hyundai Card MUSIC LIBRARY free to enter?
Yes for general entry — the visitseoul.net listing states no admission fee, and no Hyundai Card is required for the library and vinyl shop areas. The full access policy for every lounge is not confirmed on an official page.
Q. Is Hyundai Card MUSIC LIBRARY open on Sundays?
Yes, Sundays 12:00-18:00 — three hours earlier than the Tuesday-Saturday 21:00 close. Plan afternoon visits earlier in the day.
Q. Which subway exit for Hyundai Card MUSIC LIBRARY?
Hangangjin Station on Subway Line 6, Exit 3. The venue is a 411 m walk, about 5-6 minutes.
Q. Is Hyundai Card MUSIC LIBRARY closed on Mondays?
Yes, closed every Monday, and also closed during the Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays even when those fall on an open day.
Q. Where can I buy Understage / VINYL & PLASTIC merchandise?
At VINYL & PLASTIC on the MUSIC LIBRARY site — 25 items released since September 30, 2025, including hood T-shirts, caps, beanies, eco bags and card wallets, with a 10% instant discount when paying with a Hyundai Card.
For other free indoor stops and pairing ideas, see the Seoul guides by region.
Cover photo: AI-generated illustration (vinyl record store) — AI-generated image, illustrative only
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