National Museum of Korea Expands Exhibition Interpretations for Vulnerable Groups Including Persons with Disabilities

Expansion of Events Inviting Disabled and Multicultural Families
Support for Local Museum Interpretation Education

The National Museum of Korea (Director Yoon Sung-yong) announced on the 6th that it plans to expand its exhibition interpretation services to make it easier and more comfortable for culturally vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities and multicultural families to enjoy the museum.

Exhibition interpretation (sign language) for culturally vulnerable groups invited [Photo by National Museum of Korea]

Until now, the museum has provided Korean and sign language exhibition interpretation services mainly for the elderly and groups of people with hearing impairments through the "Happy Museum Outing" program. Starting this year, the invitation scope has been expanded to include groups of people with visual, physical, and developmental disabilities.

The foreigner-targeted program, which mainly involved international students and foreigners living near the museum, will also expand its participation target this year to include multicultural families such as marriage immigrants and foreign workers.

Interpretation will be provided not only in English, Chinese, and Japanese but also in Korean for native family members of multicultural families. Special exhibition viewings and traditional cultural experience activities will also be arranged.

To strengthen regional cooperation, the museum plans to provide exhibition interpretation training throughout the year on an as-needed basis for regional national, public, and private museums. Professional interpreters affiliated with the National Museum of Korea will visit the applying institutions directly to share the basic attitudes and methods of museum exhibition interpretation with volunteers and staff, offering opportunities to improve the quality of exhibition interpretation services at regional museums.

A representative of the National Museum of Korea said, "Through various exhibition interpretation programs, we aim to create opportunities for both domestic and foreign visitors to easily enjoy the museum and have special and meaningful experiences at the museum."

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