National Folk Museum of Korea

National Folk Museum of Korea
Korean name
Hangul 국립민속박물관
Hanja 國立民俗博物館
Revised Romanization Gungnip Minsok Bangmulgwan
McCune–Reischauer Kungnip Minsok Pangmulgwan

View of the National Folk Museum building.
Established 1924
Location Samcheongdong-gil 35, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates 37°34′54″N 126°58′45″E / 37.58167°N 126.97917°E / 37.58167; 126.97917
Visitors 2.7 million (2013)[1]
Ranking 16th globally[1]
Director Shin Gwang-seop
Website www.nfm.go.kr
Interior of a traditional Korean house, National Folk Museum

National Folk Museum of Korea is a national museum of South Korea, located within the grounds of the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and uses replicas of historical objects to illustrate the history of traditional life of the Korean people.

History

The museum was established on 8 November 1945 by the U.S. Government and opened on 25 April 1946 at the City Administration Memorial Hall. When the museum was merged with National Museum of Korea, its collection of 4,555 artifacts was moved to the latter's Mt Namsan site. In 1975, when the National Museum moved onto the grounds of Gyeongbokgung Palace, it moved along with it into the Modern Art Museum Building. In 1993 it opened in its present site, which was the former site of the National Museum of Korea. The building's design is based on various historical buildings around South Korea.[2]

Collection

The museum has three main exhibition halls, with over 98,000 artifacts: History of Korean People features materials of everyday life in Korea from prehistoric times to the end of the Joseon Dynasty in 1910; Korean Way of Life, which illustrates Korean villagers in ancient times; and Life Cycle of the Koreans, which depicts the deep roots of Confucianism in Korean culture and how this ideology gave rise to most of the culture's customs.

The museum also features open-air exhibits, such as replicas of spirit posts where villagers used to pray, stone piles for worship, grinding mills, rice storage shelters and pits for kimchi pots. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Top 100 Art Museum Attendance, The Art Newspaper, 2014. Retrieved on 13 July 2014.
  2. ↑ NFMK History: The National Folk Museum of Korea Retrieved 2011-11-04
  3. ↑ CNN Go Seoul's best museums 27 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-04
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