Incheon's museums are beckoning families as the Chuseok holiday draws to a close. Kyunghyang Shinmun suggested that if Seoul has the National Museum of Korea, Incheon has the National Maritime Museum and the Incheon Metropolitan City Museum.

The National Maritime Museum in Incheon will hold a Chuseok cultural event, 'Sea of Plenty, Harvest Feast,' in its second-floor lobby and outdoor plaza on the 26th, featuring a classical ensemble and a magic-and-juggling show, with traditional games such as arrow-pitching, stone-tossing, ddakji and jegi kicking in the plaza.

Hands-on programs include making 'sea key rings' by adding whale-tail and shell ornaments to traditional knots, and 'wooden tops' decorated with fish and wave patterns. A photo zone invites visitors to fill a giant wish board.

Five city museums, including the main Incheon Metropolitan City Museum, Songam Art Museum, Geomdan Prehistory Museum, the Museum of Korean Emigration History and the Incheon Urban History Museum, are open as usual. The city museum is showing a special exhibition on late-Joseon scholars from Incheon, and all exhibitions are free.

Incheon's Jung-gu district near Chinatown is also where the history of the treaty-port era and overseas Chinese culture overlap, and a stroll through the old port streets pairs well with a museum visit.