Dong-A University Seokdang Museum Completes Maintenance of 3 National Heritage Signboards

May National Heritage System Transition Response: Temporary Capital Government Office, Tram, and Three-Story Stone Pagoda

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The Seokdang Museum at Dong-A University (Director Kim Ki-su) has completed the maintenance of three national heritage (cultural property) information boards.

The national heritage sites for which the information boards were maintained this time include the Seokdang Museum building, the ‘Busan Temporary Capital Government Building,’ as well as the ‘Busan Tram’ and the ‘Three-story Stone Pagoda.’

Supported by the Cultural Heritage Administration and Busan City Hall, the ‘2023 Cultural Heritage Information Board Maintenance Project’ aims to improve the information boards so that the history and value contained in national heritage can be easily and interestingly understood by the public.

The existing information boards listed difficult technical terms about the cultural heritage and had imbalanced content and structure, raising the need for improvement.

Dong-A University Seokdang Museum (Busan Temporary Capital Government Complex).

The Seokdang Museum at Dong-A University has been carrying out the information board maintenance project since March last year with the goals of ‘delivering the core values of national heritage,’ ‘using wording that is easy for the public to understand,’ and ‘telling interesting stories about local culture.’

The wording was reviewed multiple times by a citizen advisory group and underwent Korean and English proofreading by professional institutions (Dong-A University Korean Language and Culture Institute, Academy of Korean Studies, etc.).

The information board for the ‘Busan Temporary Capital Government Building’ features a photo of the Anti-Communist General Mobilization Day event, held to wish for victory in the war on the first anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, focusing on providing a sense of the scene at that time.

The ‘Busan Tram’ information board includes the routes and photos from the 1960s, and the ‘Three-story Stone Pagoda’ board includes the names of each part so that anyone can easily understand them.

Reflecting the enforcement of the National Heritage Basic Act starting May 17, the term ‘cultural heritage’ has been changed to ‘national heritage.’ The Busan Temporary Capital Government Building and Busan Tram, which are ‘National Registered Cultural Properties,’ are now labeled as ‘National Registered National Heritage,’ and the Three-story Stone Pagoda, a ‘Busan City Tangible Cultural Property,’ is labeled as ‘Busan City Tangible National Heritage’ on the information boards.

Director Kim Ki-su said, “Through this information board improvement project, the Seokdang Museum at Dong-A University aimed to enhance visitor convenience so that anyone can easily understand and communicate the value of national heritage.” He added, “With the enforcement of the National Heritage Basic Act starting this May, we will do our best to promptly update the information on various collections so that visitors can recognize the changed system. We will continue to collaborate with internal and external institutions and the local community to ensure that the Seokdang Museum becomes a cultural infrastructure facility representing the university and the region.”

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