National Palace Museum of Korea

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Entrance to the National Palace Museum of Korea

The National Palace Museum of Korea ( Korean : 국립 고궁 박물관 Gungnip Gogung Bangmulgwan ) is a museum in Seoul ( 서울 ), the capital of the country of South Korea , that houses art treasures and documents from the royal court as well as the later imperial court of the Joseon Dynasty ( 조선 왕조 ) (1392–1910) is the subject of his collection and exhibition.

geography

The museum is located in Seoul, in the Jongno-gu ( 종로구 ) district, on the property of the Gyeongbokgung Palace ( 경복궁 ), in the southwest corner of the area. The main entrance faces east and is accessible from Gwanghwamun ( 광화문 ), the gate and entrance to the palace.

history

The National Palace Museum of Korea was founded in October 1992 as the Royal Museum by President Roh Tae-woo ( 노태우 ) under Presidential Decree number 13753 and opened in the Seokjojeon Hall ( 석조전 ) of Deoksugung Palace in December of the same year . After the committee to found the Joseon Royal Museum was formed in November 2004 and was commissioned to align the museum specifically to the time of the Joseon Dynasty, the Royal Museum was renamed the National Palace Museum of Korea in March 2005 and started in August of the same year with the first five parallel exhibitions.

In July 2006, on the occasion of the return of the books of the so-called Odaesan copies ( 오대산 ) from Japan to South Korea, the exhibition on the annals of the Joseon dynasty was organized, followed by the exhibition on the royal seals of the Joseon dynasty in August 2006 The return of further books of the Joseon Dynasty from Japan to South Korea followed their presentation in December 2011. In 2014 the museum closed with those responsible for the Tokyo National Museum , the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum , the Okinawa Churashima Foundation , the Naha City Museum of History and the Urasoe City Art Museum in Japan entered into cooperation agreements. Further agreements with other museums and institutions worldwide were made in November 2016 with the Library and Archives Canada , in March 2017 with the Princely Collections of the Liechtenstein Museum in Vaduz and in September 2017 with the Canadian Conservation Institute in Ottawa .

The museum

The museum has a collection of around 45,000 works of art and documents, ranging from the clothing of the members of the royal court, jewelry, royal seals and other items of the court, to books and documents as well as handwritten records of the kings. Vehicles, furniture and rain gauges are also part of the collection and the permanent exhibition. The museum's collection spans 518 years of the Joseon Dynasty and spans 27 generations of the royal and later imperial family.

The organization of the museum is incumbent on three departments, which divide the medium-term and long-term planning of the museum, the exhibitions and public relations and the maintenance and expansion of the collection.

The exhibition halls of the museum are structured as follows:

  • Hall 1: Kings of the Joseon Dynasty
  • Hall 2: Joseon Palace
  • Hall 3: Life at the royal court
  • Hall 4: Korean Empire
  • Hall 5: Astronomy & Science I
  • Hall 6: Painting at the royal court
  • Hall 7: Jongmyo, the royal ancestral shrine
  • Hall 8: Music at the royal court
  • Hall 9: Royal processions
  • Hall 10: Astronomy & Science II

Photo gallery

  • Exhibits

  • Queen Sinjeong's Investiture Book (1819)

  • King's costume

  • Eojin ( 어진 ) of King Yeongjo at the age of 51 (1744)

  • Royal seal from the 16th to 17th centuries (gilded bronze)

  • Car of the imperial court

  • Replica of a Klepsydra (water clock)

Web links

Commons : National Palace Museum of Korea  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
  • Homepage . 국립 고궁 박물관,Retrieved November 19, 2018(Korean).
  • Homepage . National Palace Museum of Korea,accessed November 19, 2018.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History . National Palace Museum of Korea , accessed November 19, 2018 .
  2. ^ National Palace Museum of Korea . In: Visit Seoul Net . Seoul Metropolitan Government , accessed November 19, 2018 .
  3. ^ Organization . National Palace Museum of Korea , accessed November 19, 2018 .
  4. ↑ National Palace Museum of Korea ( 국립 고궁 박물관 ). In: Visit Korea . Korea Tourism Organization , accessed November 19, 2018 .

Coordinates: 37 ° 34 ′ 35.6 ″  N , 126 ° 58 ′ 29.6 ″  E