Sangju Museum Selected for 'Collection Artifact DB Project' Grant ... Four Consecutive Years of National Funding Support

Sangju Museum exterior view.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] Sangju City in Gyeongbuk announced on the 10th that the Sangju City Museum (Director Yoon Ho-pil) has been selected for the fourth consecutive year in the 2021 nationwide public, private, and university museum artifact DB project competition.

Accordingly, they will receive an additional national subsidy of about 20 million KRW to cover personnel for artifact registration and artifact photography costs. This project, hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and organized by the Korean Museum Association, selected 36 museums nationwide, including Sangju Museum, as eligible participants this year.

Sangju Museum will build a database of its artifacts using the Cultural Heritage Standard Management System distributed by the National Museum of Korea.

A representative of Sangju Museum stated, "Since 2018, through annual competitive projects, we have registered about 14,000 artifacts by 2020, exceeding our annual targets and achieving great results," and added, "In this year's project, we will strengthen public services through systematic management and registration of artifacts."

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