국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

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History

  • 덕수궁 시기

    • 1955~ 1971

    • Deoksugung Palace Period

    The National Museum was severely affected by the devastation of the Korean War.

    Kim Chaewon, the director of the museum, asked President Syngman Rhee to provide an appropriate space for the museum to preserve and exhibit its collections. Rhee ordered part of Deoksugung Palace, which had been destroyed during the war, to be repaired and used as the new National Museum, which opened to the public in June 1955.

  • 1950~

    • June 23, 1955
      The National Museum was relocated from Namsan Branch to Seokjojeon in Deoksugung Palace.

  • 1960~

    • July 24, 1968
      Ministry of Culture and Public Information was inaugurated (Presidential Decree No.3519).
    • May 1969
      The National Museum was reorganized and integrated with the Deoksugung Art Museum.