Cheonan City Purchases Artifacts for Football History Museum Construction

6,100 Artifacts Acquired Since 2020
Football Figures Like Coaches Jung Jungyong and Kim Eunjung Continue to Donate

Perspective rendering of the Football History Museum being planned in Gasan-ri, Ipjang-myeon, Cheonan City

Cheonan City in South Chungcheong Province announced on the 2nd that it will purchase privately owned Korean football relics and materials to establish a Football History Museum.

The city is promoting the construction of a 'Football History Museum' within the Korea Football Center, which is currently being built in Gasan-ri, Ipjang-myeon. Since 2020, there have been 11 rounds of public purchases.

The items eligible for purchase include materials related to the introduction of football in the 1980s and the Japanese colonial period (such as records), materials related to Korean football at the 1948 London Olympics and the 1954 Switzerland World Cup, materials from Korean football in the 1950s to 1980s, and other related items.

There have also been voluntary donations from football figures. The Red Devils, the official supporters of the Korean national football team, donated a large Taegeukgi used for cheering, and football personalities such as Chung Jungyong, Kim Eunjung, Lee Jaehyung, Park Kyunghoon, Lee Seyoun, Chung Haesung, Han Honggu, and Park Ilgi have participated in donating relics.

In addition, each professional football club has donated major relics in their possession. Over the past four years, a total of 6,100 items have been purchased or donated in this way.

An official from the Football History Museum said, "By securing relics that can tell many stories from the 140-year history of Korean football, we expect to provide various attractions for future visitors to the Football History Museum and to secure basic materials for research and exhibitions on Korean football."

Meanwhile, the Football History Museum passed the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's 'Preliminary Feasibility Evaluation for the Establishment of Public Museums' last year, and plans to be fully constructed after going through processes such as the central investment review for local finances and public architecture deliberation.

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