New Museum Exhibit

Just a quick post about a new museum exhibit. If I have time later I’ll put up directions to the museum.


From the The Chosun Ilbo.

Ancient Chinese Treasures Go on Show in Seoul


The exhibition “Treasures from a Golden Age of China, BC 206-AD 960” opened at the Seoul Museum of History on Tuesday. The former director of the National Museum of Korea, Chung Yang-mo, said every exhibit showed an astonishing refinement. “I’ll probably need to visit the exhibition at least 10 times to fully appreciate every item,” he added.


Some 325 artifacts and relics from ancient China are put on display in the exhibition, which runs until Aug. 26. Thirty-nine Chinese museums and institutes including the National Museum of China, the Palace Museum in Beijing, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Nanjing Museum and the Luoyang Museum lent their artifacts to the exhibition, which is hosted by the Chosun Ilbo to mark the 15th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Korea and China.


The exhibition opened with a lecture by Prof. Lee Han-sang of Dongyang University. In the opening ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Seoul Ning Fukui, in fluent Korean, said the exhibition brings together key artifacts from China and offers visitors the opportunity to learn about the development of Chinese art and confirm the brisk cultural exchanges between Korea and China. Chosun Ilbo President Bang Sang-hoon in a congratulatory message said he was honored to invite people to the dazzling art world of ancient China.