The National Museum of Korea saw almost 95,000 foreign visitors during the first half of the year, the highest ever figure, according to the museum on Wednesday.
The exhibition, titled “Lacquerware of East Asia,” displays 46 objects from the collections of Korea, China and Japan's national museums.
For the first time ever, there is an exhibition in Korea on the cultures and histories of Indigenous Americans at the National Museum of Korea in Yongsan District, central Seoul.
The Arts of Korea Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston reopened last week, the National Museum of Korea said Monday.
The National Museum of Korea's artifact management has been questioned following a local temple's claim that the hands of two cast iron Buddhist statues — one Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the other Sakyamuni Buddha — have gone missing.
Lee Hyun-ju, the public relations specialist at the National Museum of Korea who has worked there for 33 years, recently sat down for an interview with the JoongAng Sunday.
The National Museum of Korea features a massive new LED replica of a Goguryeo stone monument. Digital recreations are one way in which the museum aims to compensate for the unavailability of the artifacts.
The National Museum of Korea is showcasing 37 pieces of Buddhist paintings and underdrawings from the 19th to 20th century, the museum said Tuesday. They include some pieces from the collection donated by late Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee in 2021.
A digitalized version of the Stele of King Gwanggaeto the Great, depicted on an LED media tower spanning 8 meters tall (26.2 feet) and 2.6 meters wide, has now been installed inside the museum.
For the first time, the National Museum of Korea in Yongsan District, central Seoul, is introducing early Buddhist Art originating from the southeastern Deccan Plateau of India.
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