Jinju National Museum

A sagijang is a potter. 
The artisans who produced ceramics in the past were generally anonymous, but some of their names and traces remain intact in historical records and on the pottery itself. 

This exhibition aims to rediscover the names of sagijang, people whose existence we have often overlooked, and to reflect on the traces of their lives and legacies.

Jointly organized by the National Museum of Korea, its regional national museums, and participating local governments, “Tour of National Treasures: Museum for You” will be held at twelve public museums and art galleries throughout the nation, starting in June.
Representing a new type of cultural event, Tour of National Treasures: Museum for You combines precious artworks and antiquities with education and performance, offering a wealth of diverse experiences for everyone to ...

A wave of international maritime trade swept East Asia in the sixteenth century, which is known in Europe as the Age of Discovery. Silver, ceramics, spices, and slaves traveled across the oceans, and new European weapons like matchlock muskets (jochong) and breech-loading swivel guns (bullanggipo) arrived on East Asian shores. These new weapons threatened the security of Joseon-era Korea, but they also contributed to its defense.

Along with importing new weapons from Europe, the...

The Jinju National Museum and Jinju City are hosting The Flow of Korean Polychrome Paintings II: Appreciating Birds and Flowers to follow the special exhibition The Flow of Korean Polychrome Paintings I: The Lights and Colors of Jinju held in 2022. The Jinju National Museum is presenting paintings of birds and flowers created from the Goryeo period through the modern era while the Rhee Seund Ja Jinju Art Museum is exhibiting works by modern and contemporary artists.

To commemorate the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Hyeongpyeongsa (Equity Society), the Jinju National Museum of Korea is pleased to present the special exhibition The Social Equality Movement by the People and for the People. The Hyeongpyeong Movement, or the Social Equality Movement, was a human rights movement that sought to eliminate discrimination against butchers, who are called baekjeong in Korean. It is considered the first human rights campaign in Korea.
 Dis...

The Jinju National Museum is pleased to present the special exhibition Byeongja Horan which had a major impact on the geopolitics of East Asia in the seventeenth century. Byeongja Horan refers to the invasion of Korea by Qing Dynasty forces that began on December 8, 1636 and ended on January 30 in the following year with King Injo’s surrender to the emperor of Qing China. The war lasted less than two months, but the damage done and the social and economic impacts of this war on the syste...

Jinjumok Community for Culture(Jinjumok Munhwa Sarangbang) will hold the exhibition A Short Record of Painting, sponsored by Jinju city and Jinju National Museum. The exhibition was organized in an effort to establish the art history of the Jinju region, and is the first study and documentation of the history 
of painting in Jinju.
Historically, Jinju has had a high cultural reputation, as it was home to numerous renowned literary artists, including&...

Ink-and-wash paintings using gradations of ink are often regarded as classic examples 
of ancient Korean paintings. However, polychrome paintings have been the most com mon form created in Korea from ancient times until today. An impressive array of poly chrome paintings has been created, including Goguryeo tomb murals (which are consid ered the oldest known form of Korean painting), Buddhist paintings, portraits, landscape 
paintings, and decorative paintings. They wer...

  There is a newly-coined Korean word "pobangbu" describing the predilection of the Korean Ministry of National  Defense for artillery. With its long range and destructive  power, artillery is considered to be one of the most efficient  means to defend South Korea given that seventy percent of  its terrain is mountains.

  The same was true in the past. The Goryeo Dynasty suffered repeatedly under invasions by foreign forces but succeeded in producin...

After the signing of the Ganghwa Treaty in 1876, the Joseon Dynasty developed diplomatic ties with several Western countries and undertook modernist reforms. This failed to produce the needed outcomes in time, however, and Korea was deprived of its sovereignty by Japan in 1910. During the intervening years, intellectuals had built schools, published newspapers, and established organizations such as Dongnip Hyeophoe (Independence Association) in an attempt to protect the national sovereignty an...