Kansong Art Museum (간송미술관)

Published 2008-11-15 Updated 2023-01-02 View 34249

We provide various information such as the website, contact information, usage information, and location (map) of Seoul Jung-gu, Kansong Art Museum (간송미술관) using public data of Korea Tourism Organization.

Kansong Art Museum was the first private art museum in Korea, opened as Bohwagak in 1938 by Kansong Jeon Hyeong-pil. The name was changed to the current Kansong Art Museum in 1966. Bohwagak was designated as National Registered Cultural Heritage No. 768 on December 30, 2019. Jeon Hyeong-pil dedicated his life to preserving and researching Korea’s representative relics that were devaluated and purposefully obliterated during the Japanese colonial era, as well as to acknowledge their cultural excellence and beauty. The museum houses 11 national treasures and 24 treasures, on display at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) through the Treasures of Kansong exhibition.