Suncheon National University Museum Successfully Completes Community Experience Education Program as Part of National University Promotion Project

Activity scene of 'The Flower of Humanities, What is Art?' operated by Suncheon National University Museum (Photo by Suncheon National University)

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] The National Suncheon University (President Ko Young-jin) Museum announced on the 7th that it has completed the experiential education programs for local residents operated under the National University Promotion Project, with the final program ‘Riding the Tomb Time Machine GoGo’ held at the Suncheon Bonghwa Regional Children's Center starting from the 28th of last month.

The ‘National University Promotion Project’ is a program to share the resources of national universities with local communities and to nurture outstanding local talents. The Suncheon University Museum provided various experiential education programs last year targeting elementary and middle school students, people with disabilities, foreigners, and general adults.

For local people with disabilities, the program ‘Our Story Dreamed with Hanji Paper’ was operated a total of 11 times last year.

About 250 participants including middle and high school students from Suncheon Seonhye School, members of the Suncheon Palma Disabled Lifelong Education Center, and citizens from Chamsaem Village made hanji paper and had hands-on experience creating traditional crafts using images of the museum’s collections.

The program ‘Riding the Tomb Time Machine GoGo’ for students of Suncheon Regional Children's Centers introduced various cultural heritage sites focusing on tomb relics excavated directly by the Suncheon University Museum in the eastern Jeonnam region, and involved making a tomb time capsule. A total of 16 regional children’s centers participated.

In addition, a convergence arts program integrating VR, dance, and music titled ‘Creative Planning Experience with Cultural Arts Experts at the Museum’ was conducted five times for elementary and middle school students in Suncheon. For local adults, a regular cultural lecture titled ‘The Flower of Humanities, What is Art?’ was held to enhance the cultural and artistic knowledge of local residents.

Furthermore, to celebrate the national holiday Seollal, a traditional culture experience session was held for local foreigners, where they made norigae (traditional ornaments) and bojagi (wrapping cloth), actively promoting traditional culture.

Gong Ok-hee, director of the Suncheon University Museum, stated, “It was a meaningful time to introduce our country’s and region’s traditional culture and high-quality cultural and artistic content to various local members such as students and foreigners. We will continue to strive to create even better programs by utilizing the resources of our museum.”

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