A Seaside Cultural Heritage Haven in Pohang... Momentum Builds for the Establishment of 'Pohang City Museum'

Construction of Yeonorang Seonyeo Theme Park Scheduled to Open in 2027

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Passes Feasibility Pre-Evaluation for Public Museum, Accelerating Construction

Mayor Lee Gang-deok: "Actively Reflecting Citizens'

Pohang City is accelerating the construction of a municipal museum representing Pohang's history and culture, aiming to open it in November 2027.

Aerial photo of Yeonorang Seonyeo Theme Park, where the Pohang City Museum is scheduled to be established.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok stated, "The museum is not merely a place to exhibit artifacts, but a space that fully embodies our region's identity and history to pass on to future generations," and emphasized, "A local storage facility is needed to recover and systematically preserve and manage Pohang's scattered cultural heritage due to the absence of a museum," expressing strong determination for the museum's establishment.

Accordingly, the city officially began preparations for the Pohang Municipal Museum last year, making various efforts to systematically research and preserve Pohang's history and artifacts, and to build a museum that shares the pride and regional identity of Pohang citizens.

Last year, the city organized and operated the Pohang Municipal Museum Construction Advisory Committee and solidified the foundation for the museum's establishment by selecting the museum site, recruiting professional curatorial staff, and benchmarking national and public museums.

As a result of these efforts, Pohang City achieved the great success of passing the preliminary feasibility evaluation for establishing a public museum by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in November last year, accelerating the pace of the municipal museum's construction.

The Pohang Municipal Museum will be built with a total project cost of 46 billion KRW, including national and provincial subsidies, featuring one basement floor and three above-ground floors, with a total floor area of 8,240 square meters. It will be constructed as a citizen-friendly complex cultural facility including five exhibition halls, an education experience room, a library, and convenience spaces.

The construction site has been confirmed as the "Yeonorang Seonyeo Theme Park site," securing a storage facility of over 1,300 square meters to gather Pohang's cultural heritage, which had been scattered elsewhere, into one place to establish Pohang's identity and further leap forward as a representative historical and cultural city of the East Sea region.

This year, Pohang City plans to steadily carry out schedules such as the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's local finance investment review, citywide public relations, artifact donation campaigns, and architectural design competitions, dedicating efforts to the construction of the municipal museum that will elevate Pohang's historical and cultural identity.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok requested, "Since the municipal museum embodies the citizens' aspirations, we will actively collect citizens' opinions at every stage," and added, "Please show great interest in the promotion of the Pohang Municipal Museum, which will establish itself as the region's premier cultural tourism infrastructure."

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