Expanding Beyond Korean Culture to a “Window Open to the World”, “The National Folk Museum of Korea will establish a ‘World Folk Gallery’ in the latter half of next year to introduce the folklore and customs of various countries. Director Jang Sang-hoon announced this major policy direction during the ‘News Brunch with the Director of the National Folk Museum’ event held on the 8th. The museum plans to evolve as a ‘window open to the world’ beyond Korean culture.”,
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Visitors and children watching a Dongchun Circus performance at the National Folk Museum of Korea in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on Children’s Day, the 5th. /Kim Hyun-min, Reporter kimhyun81@,
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, ‘The World Folk Gallery will be created by revamping the K-Culture exhibition currently on display in the permanent Gallery 1, “The Life of Koreans Today.” It will be designed as a space to highlight the lives and cultures of people worldwide, as well as domestic and international immigrant diasporas. The museum plans to utilize over 15,800 cultural artifacts collected from various countries. It has been described as a thematic exhibition space that will explore the universality and distinctiveness of human cultures.’,
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, “Beyond the World Folk Gallery, the National Folk Museum of Korea plans to provide a separate venue to help understand various cultures. Notably, next month, in celebration of Children’s Day, a space will be set up to experience games from around the world, in collaboration with thirteen foreign cultural institutes and embassies in Korea over two days starting the 4th. Furthermore, instead of the ‘Multicultural Package’ which focused on Asian countries like Mongolia and Vietnam, a ‘World Culture Box’ is being developed, and there are plans to engage in exchanges with overseas museums based on folklore and anthropology.”,
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, ‘The National Folk Museum of Korea is also accelerating preparations to move beyond Gyeongbokgung to embrace the “Sejong Era.” Having completed basic design work this year, it plans to construct a building with a gross floor area of 23,473 square meters in Zone 2 of the National Museum Complex by 2030. The planned opening is in 2031. A museum official stated, “With the vision of being a ‘window open to the world,’ it will become a ‘space for intercultural understanding’ to comprehend and empathize with diverse cultures from around the world.”‘
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