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The Department of Asia in the British Museum holds one of the largest collections of historical objects from Asia. These collections comprise over 75,000 objects covering the material culture of the Asian continent (including East Asia, South and Central Asia, and Southeast Asia), and dating from the Neolithic age up to the present day.
Portal worked as Curator of Chinese and Korean Collections at the British Museum, 1987–2008, creating the Korea Foundation Gallery (the museum's first gallery of Korean art) in 2000. In 2001 and 2002, she made two visits to North Korea , following the establishment of diplomatic relations, and started collecting contemporary works from the ...
Paekpŏm ilchi [a] (Korean: 『백범일지』), title translated as the Diary of Kim Ku or Diary of Kim Gu, is the Korean-language autobiography of Korean independence activist Kim Ku. It was written in two parts, with the first volume completed in 1929 and the second around 1942. Both volumes were published at once on December 15, 1947.
LONDON (Reuters) -The British Museum said on Wednesday it planned to digitise its entire collection, citing the need to secure public access to its vast catalogue after it reported in August that ...
The Korean language was banned, and Koreans were forced to adopt Japanese names, [248] [note 5] [249] and newspapers were prohibited from publishing in Korean. Numerous Korean cultural artifacts were destroyed or taken to Japan. [250] According to an investigation by the South Korean government, 75,311 cultural assets were taken from Korea ...
Seoul Museum of Art 서울시립미술관 Misulgwan-gil 30 (Seosomun-dong 37), Jung District: Seoul Museum of History: 서울역사박물관 2-1 Sinmunno 1-ga, Jongno District: Seoul Urban Life Museum: 서울생활사박물관 Nowon District: War Memorial of Korea: 전쟁기념관 1ga-8 Yongsan-dong, Yongsan District: Seoul Baekje Museum
In 1966, the Kansong Art Museum and the Korean Folk Art Research Institute (한국민족미술연구소; 韓國民族美術硏究所) were founded by the pair. The former entity shows pieces to the public, and the latter performs academic research. [1] The museum is named for the art name of Jeon Hyeong-pil (간송; 澗松; Kansong).
As of November 2020, the library has 12,768,751 items total. 9,158,363 are Korean-language books, 1,552,489 are foreign-language books, 1,771,738 are non-book items, and 286,161 are old texts. [ 5 ] The library also possesses an extensive digital collection, including archives of newspapers and primary sources related to Korean history and society.