Seoul City Hosts Korea's First 'Seoul International Council of Museums Asia-Pacific Regional Conference'

Held on the 14th-15th at Seoul Museum of History and Seoul Craft Museum

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 12th that it will hold the "2022 Seoul International Council of Museums Committee Asia-Pacific Regional Conference" over two days, on the 14th and 15th, at the Seoul Museum of History (Yajugae Hall) and the Seoul Museum of Craft.

This conference will be held under the theme "The Power of Museums; From an Asian Perspective," consisting of a total of four sessions. Sessions 1 to 3 will take place on the 14th, and Session 4 on the 15th.

The keynote speech will be delivered by Professor Bruno Soares from Brazil, chair of the International Committee for Museology (ICOFOM), who will discuss the power of museums from a non-Western perspective. Former Director of the National Museum of Korea and Chair of the International Council of Museums Asia-Pacific Regional Alliance (ICOM-ASPAC), Bae Ki-dong, will lecture on the ethics and implementation strategies of museums that create the power of future museums.

In Session 1, presentations will be made on the theme "Museums and Their Surrounding Environment" by Kuoning Chen from Taiwan, Chair of ICOFOM-ASPAC; Lee Hye-kyung, Director of Seoul Cultural Facilities Promotion Division; Kenson Kwok from Singapore, Executive Director of ICOFOM-ASPAC; Janet Tee from Malaysia, Vice Chair of ICOFOM-ASPAC; and Hildegard Biehl, former ICOFOM Chair from Germany.

Session 2 will feature vivid case studies from various countries on the challenges and response strategies of museums to environmental changes, presented by Lee Jin-hyun, Head of Education and External Cooperation at Seoul Museum of History; Kim Su-jeong, Director of Seoul Museum of Craft; Han Su, Director of the National Gongju Museum; Olga Truevtseva from Russia, Executive Director of ICOFOM-ASPAC; Jay Zheng from Taiwan, Executive Director of ICOFOM-ASPAC; Ma Min from China, Executive Director of ICOFOM-ASPAC; Kim Young-ran from Korea, Executive Director of ICOFOM-ASPAC; and Margaret Yi Zheng from China, Executive Director of ICOFOM-ASPAC.

On the second day of the international conference, the 15th, Session 4 will be held under the theme "A New Definition of Museums in the Asia-Pacific Region," featuring a roundtable discussion with Jang In-kyung, Chair of ICOM-KOREA; Bruno Soares from Brazil, Chair of ICOFOM; Margaret Yi Zheng, Executive Director of ICOFOM-ASPAC; Jay Zheng, Executive Director of ICOFOM-ASPAC; Kim Sun-jung, Vice Chair of ICOM-KOREA; and Lee Kwan-ho, President of the Korean Museum Education Association.

Lee Hye-kyung, Director of Seoul Cultural Facilities Promotion Division, said, "Through this international conference, we hope to have rich discussions on the future direction museums should take and to activate international exchanges in the museum field." She added, "Especially, this international conference will be very helpful not only for workers in related institutions but also for students interested in museums, as they can directly meet experts actively working in academia both domestically and internationally."

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