Completion of Gansong Art Museum Hunminjeongeum Storage Facility

Seongbuk-gu to Hold Completion Ceremony for 'Gansong Museum of Art Hunminjeongeum Storage' at Gansong Museum (Seongbuk-dong 97-1) on the 25th at 4 PM... Underground 2 Floors, Above Ground 2 Floors, Total Area 982.25m2, Housing National Treasure No. 70 Hunminjeongeum, Shin Yunbok and Kim Hongdo Painting Albums, and Other Gansong Art Foundation Artifacts

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, known as the '3 Han (Hangul, Hanyangdoseong, Han Yong-un) city' (District Mayor Lee Seung-ro), held a completion ceremony for the Hunminjeongeum (Nationally Designated Cultural Property No. 70) storage facility at the Kansong Art Museum located in Seongbuk-dong on the 25th.

At the event, 99 people including local residents, Seongbuk-gu officials, and members of the National Assembly attended while adhering to quarantine guidelines.

The Hunminjeongeum storage facility at the Kansong Art Museum is planned to house valuable artifacts of the Kansong Art and Cultural Foundation, including the Hunminjeongeum, Shin Yun-bok painting albums, and Kim Hong-do painting albums.

Seongbuk-gu conducted a design service in 2019 for the construction of the storage facility. Based on this, construction was carried out from 2020 to 2022, completing a storage facility with two basement floors and two above-ground floors, covering a total floor area of 982.25m2.

The Kansong Art Museum was the first private museum established in Korea by Mr. Kansong Jeon Hyeong-pil (1906?1962) to preserve numerous cultural assets of high value that he collected to revive the spirit and cultural pride of our nation, which were distorted and destroyed during the Japanese colonial period.

Even in Seongbuk-dong, known as a roofless museum where cultural and artistic heritage representing modern and contemporary Korea is scattered, the Kansong Art Museum is a representative cultural space. In particular, it is widely known that the Hunminjeongeum Haerye, Nationally Designated Cultural Property No. 70, considered the essence of our culture, is housed at the Kansong Art Museum.

Seongbuk-gu is taking the completion of the Kansong Art Museum storage facility as an opportunity to further promote the value and charm of 'Roofless Museum Seongbuk-dong' to more citizens.

Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, said, “Seongbuk-dong is a special city where the '3 Han'?Hangul, Hanyangdoseong, and Han Yong-un, a poet representing Korea and an independence activist?are located and active, embodying the essence of our cultural heritage.” He added, “With the completion of the Kansong Art Museum Hunminjeongeum storage facility, we will redouble our efforts to promote the cultural heritage preserved by the late Mr. Kansong Jeon Hyeong-pil and the cultural assets that remain with us today.”

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