National Hangeul Museum

Hangeul Museum, view of the main entrance

The National Hangeul Museum ( kor.  국립 한글 박물관 , Hanja  國立 한글 博物館 ) was founded in October 2014 in Seoul ( South Korea ) under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. It is a museum dedicated to the Korean script Hangeul (also Hangul) in the immediate vicinity of the Korean National Museum in the Yongsan Family Park .

The museum collects, researches and disseminates materials and information related to the Hangeul script developed specifically for the Korean language in the 15th century under King Sejong . In addition to the permanent exhibition on the history, present and future of Hangeul, there are rooms for special exhibitions on calligraphy , the use and development of Hangeul in many areas of knowledge and practice. A “Children's Museum” has been set up for children aged 6 to 9. In the “Learning Center” foreigners can also familiarize themselves with this original, easily understandable writing system in a playful way.

There are seminar rooms and an auditorium for training purposes and events.

literature

• Ottar Grepstad: Language museums of the world . Center for Norwegian Language and Literature, Ørsta 2018, ISBN 978-82-92602-25-6

References and comments

1. ^ National Hangeul Museum (Museum leaflet, 2109); Grepstad (2018), p. 65; Museum website
2. ↑ Overview of the rooms
3. ^ Children's Museum
4. ^ Hangeul Learning Center

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Web links

• Website of the National Museum Hangul (Engl.)