Busan Gijang-gun Conducts On-site Inspection for 'Korea Baseball Hall of Fame' Public Museum by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Establishment of Korea's First Public Baseball Museum, Induction into the Hall of Fame

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Fully Committed to Passing Public Museum Preliminary Evaluation in the First Half of the Year

On the 29th, Gijang-gun, Busan City, hosted an on-site inspection by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to promote the ‘Korea Baseball Hall of Fame’ as a public museum.

On the 29th, Jeong Jong-bok, the county governor, along with officials from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Busan City, and the KBO, conducted an on-site inspection of the public museum at the Dream Ball Park office in Gijang Baseball Theme Park.

The ‘Korea Baseball Hall of Fame,’ scheduled to open in 2026, is a tripartite cooperative project between Gijang-gun, Busan City, and the KBO (Korea Baseball Organization).

In order to establish the Korea Baseball Hall of Fame as the nation’s first official public baseball museum, Gijang-gun submitted a preliminary evaluation application for public museum certification to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism last January.

Accordingly, from 2 p.m. on the 29th, expert judges and officials from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism visited the Hall of Fame construction site within the Gijang Baseball Theme Park for an on-site inspection, verifying the site and construction plans and conducting an investigation.

At the site, County Governor Jeong Jong-bok welcomed the panel of judges and reaffirmed his commitment to building the museum. Officials from Busan City and the KBO also attended, conveying the expectations and interest of the local community and sports fans.

The results of this second on-site inspection will be combined with the scores from the first written evaluation conducted last month to determine the final candidates. The local governments selected as final candidates must pass the third PT evaluation scheduled for April to be registered as a public museum.

Governor Jeong Jong-bok stated, “Since many people have shared the will to build the Hall of Fame, a long-cherished project over the past 10 years, we will do our utmost to ensure it is registered as a public museum this time.” He added, “We plan to launch a museum construction advisory committee composed of experts in April, and starting in the second half of this year, we will hold a nationwide baseball sports artifact donation campaign to secure exhibition, education, and research materials for use when building the museum.”

The ‘Korea Baseball Hall of Fame’ is being developed on a 1,852㎡ site within the Gijang Baseball Theme Park in Ilgwang-eup, Gijang-gun, with one basement floor and three above-ground floors (total floor area of 2,996.2㎡). Along with exhibiting 50,000 artifacts owned by the KBO, baseball-related programs and special events such as annual induction ceremonies will be operated.

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