Dreams of a Butterfly in Jeju, Special Exhibition on Seok Du Myung in Celebration of the 80th Anniversary of Korea’s Liberation from Japan
- LocationSpecial Exhibition Gallery
- Date2025-07-04~2025-10-19
- 담당부서Lee Jaeho (+82-64-720-8104)
Many people remember Seok Du Myung by the nickname Dr. Butterfly. However, it is not widely known that it was a connection to Jeju-do Island that led him to become an interdisciplinary scholar working in the natural sciences and humanities. Why was Jeju-do so special to Seok, who had traveled everywhere across the country? This exhibition was born ...
A Collector’s Invitation, The Bequest of Lee Kun-Hee Special Exhibition at Jeju National Museum
- LocationSpecial Exhibition Gallery and Brand Gallery
- Date2024-06-04~2024-08-18
- 담당부서Lee Jaeho (+82-64-720-8104)
A Collector’s Invitation has come to Jeju! This special exhibition showcases about 360 cultural heritage items of different types and time periods, including several National Treasures. On April 28, 2021, the family of the late Lee Kun-Hee (1942–2020), chairman of the Samsung Group, donated 21,693 pieces of cultural heritage from his private c...
Surrounded by Solace: Stone Child Attendants from Jeju and Stone Arhats from Yeongwol
- LocationSpecial Exhibition Gallery
- Date2023-10-13~2024-02-18
- 담당부서Lee Jaeho (+82-64-720-8104)
INTRODUCTION We are reconnecting people to people. Today, we are looking back on old stone figures in an effort to contemplate the essence of life and seek solace. The Jeju National Museum is holding an exhibition that focuses on stone sculptures of child attendants from Jeju-do Island and stone arhats from Yeongwol, Gangwon Province. They are sto...
Sehando, Wintry Days
- LocationSpecial Exhibition Gallery
- Date2022-04-05~2022-05-29
- 담당부서Kim Seung-ik(064-720-8104)
We invite you to visit Jeju National Museum`s special exhibition of Sehando and the life and work of Kim Jeonghui (1786-1856). The exhibition runs from April 5 to May 29. Best known by his pen-name Chusa, this great scholar and literary artist was exiled to Jeju in 1840. He spent over eight years on the island, where his deep loneliness and frustra...
Painted Memories from the 18th Century Jeju, Tamna sullyeokdo
- Locationexhibition hall
- Date2020-11-10~2021-02-14
Opening the Exhibition Lee Hyeong-sang (1653 ~1733) made an official inspection tour of Jeju during his term in office as the governor (moksa) of the island, and he commissioned the painter Kim Nam-gil to make depictions of key events of the tour in 1703. As Tamna is a former name of Jeju, the resulting work is called the Tamna Sullyeokdo; it is ...