Yeosu City Art Museum Passes Preliminary Feasibility Evaluation by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Underground 1 Floor and Above Ground 3 Floors at Mangma Park

280 Billion Won Invested, Aiming to Open in 2026

Yeosu City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Jeong Gi-myeong) announced on the 10th that the city’s municipal art museum construction project has passed the preliminary feasibility evaluation for the establishment of public art museums in the first half of 2023 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism conducted a document review from February to March this year, an on-site evaluation of the Yeosu Municipal Art Museum construction site on March 22, and a final evaluation on April 28, ultimately rating the new Yeosu Municipal Art Museum construction project as “appropriate.”

[Photo by Yeosu City]

The Yeosu Municipal Art Museum will be built on a 15,700㎡ site within Mangma Park in Ungcheon-dong, with a total project cost of 28 billion KRW. The building will have one basement floor and three above-ground floors, with a total floor area of 6,700㎡, and will include exhibition halls, storage rooms, experience and education rooms, and convenience facilities.

Having passed the first hurdle of constructing the municipal art museum, Yeosu City plans to proceed smoothly with administrative procedures such as local finance investment review by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, architectural design, and detailed design services, aiming to open the museum in 2026.

A city official stated, “As the municipal art museum, a long-cherished project for citizens including the local art community, has taken its first step, we will do our best to establish it as a representative cultural infrastructure of Yeosu City. We also plan to contribute to revitalizing the local economy and creating jobs by linking it with the tourism industry.”

Yeosu = Choi Cheol-hoon, Honam Reporting Headquarters, Asia Economy hss79@asiae.co.kr

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