SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Museum is poised to surpass 6 million annual visitors for the first time in its 80-year history, cementing its position among the world’s most-visited cultural institutions. The museum said that as of Nov. 30, it had recorded 5.81 million visitors in 2025. With attendance climbing steadily, the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Korea is poised to set a new attendance record this year, with officials projecting more than 5 million visitors for the first time in its 80-year history. As of August 25, the museum had welcomed nearly 4.19 million people, already surpassing the total for all [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Korea announced Thursday it will launch a new exhibition this week on a Korean-born marathoner’s record-breaking Olympic victory during the 1910-45 Japanese colonial period. Set to open Friday under the title “The Radiant Strides, Moving the World,” the exhibition will celebrate the achievements of the [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Korea in Seoul welcomed over 2.7 million visitors in the first half of this year, its highest half-yearly tally since relocating to its current Yongsan site in 2005, the museum said Wednesday. The museum recorded 2,708,892 visitors between January and June, marking a 64.2 percent [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) –To mark the 20th anniversary of its Yongsan relocation, the National Museum of Korea has launched a major special exhibition titled “A New Nation, A New Art: Masterpieces from the Early Joseon Dynasty,” showcasing the artistic innovations that emerged during Korea’s foundational 15th–16th centuries. Opening this week, the exhibition brings [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of foreign visitors to the National Museum of Korea hit a record high of 94,951 in the first half of this year, museum officials said Wednesday. The figure represents a 34.5 percent increase from 70,585 a year ago and a 55.6 percent rise from pre-pandemic levels in [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A national museum dedicated to various writing systems of the world opened with a ceremony Thursday in Incheon, west of Seoul. The National Museum of World Writing Systems is the third museum of its kind in the world, following the Champollion Museum of France and another museum in China. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Korea (NMK) on Wednesday will reopen a gallery remodeled to spotlight the true beauty of the celadon ware of the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) as one of the country’s most iconic cultural heritage. It took one year for the museum to give a facelift to the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Korea said Monday it will open a special exhibition of Uigwe, manuscripts for royal protocols during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), this week to commemorate the 10th anniversary of its return from France after 145 years. Titled “Pinnacle of Propriety: The Uigwe, Records of the State [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Korea (NMK) said Thursday it will step up efforts to support foreign museums with an exhibition hall dedicated to Korea as the global boom of Korean pop music and TV series has increased demand for learning about the country. Yoon Sung-yong, director general of the [...]