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Address:
Dankook University: San 8 Hannam-dong Yongsan-gu Seoul (zip code: 140-714), Korea
Opening Hours:
Tuesday & Thursday (two times a week) from 10:00 a.m. ~ to 4:00 p.m.
Closed Sundays, National holidays, during the summer & winter vacation, and by the Direction's curators
Contact:
Phone: ++82-2-709-2267
Fax: ++82-2-790-5660
Additional information:
see also: http://www.korea-museum.go.kr/eng/museum/museum_04_43.jsp
Links:
The Seokjuseon Memorial Museum
Dankook University
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Description:
The Dankook University Museum was opened in affiliation with Dankook University, celebrating the latter's 20th anniversary on November 1967. Subsequently, 'the Seokjuson Museum' was opened on May 1981 thanks to a donation of 2,265 traditional items, which had been studied and collected by the late Dr. Nansa, Seokjuseon, who was a leading figure in the field of Korean costume history and folklore. Upon its establishment, the Seokjuseon Museum was divided into a folklore museum and a central museum. The two museums were combined into the current ‘Seokjuseon Museum' in March 1999.
[Description from website]
The museum was relocated to the Jukjeon Campus in the university's move. The museum boasts a size of 3,657m2, possessing enough independent space for the study and exhibition of different categories of relics, and providing for their safe storage. The museum also possesses state-of-the-art preservation and restoration capabilities.
Archeology & History: Since the opening of 1967, DUM has collected and kept many historic relics through the survey and excavation of the earth's surface. The Department of History has supplied many materials from its biannual field investigations, especially those of archeological and historical relics. Additionally, DUM has been devoted to collecting materials related to the education and folklore in its duty as a university museum.
DUM's representative relics include items of the Stone Age, tiles from archeological art works, stationery used in traditional private schools and various measuring instruments grom folklore materials. DUM's relics have many valuable materials because they would be collected by excavation survey, which is a distinct feature that differed from any other museum. In addition, DUM housed a multitude of relics such as the following: the relics of the Old Stone Age excavated in Pyeongsan-ri and Ilsan-gu, those of the New Stone Age in Amsa-dong, Stove site, and Sacheon, those of the Bronze Age in Sogol remains, those in Jinjeonsa Temple of Goryeo and Gyeonghui Palace site of Joseon Dynasty as well as a bibliography, miscellaneous books, woolen stuff, and folklore materials.
Folklore & Dress and Ornaments: Since DUM's opening in 1981, DUM currently houses about 9,000 items of dress and ornaments in thanks Dr. Seok's donations. Even with the difficulties of studies limited to the Joseon Dynasty materials in the 19th~20th century, DUM's steady excavation of historical relics made it possible to study materials from the entire history of Joseon Dynasty.
DUM's study of excavated dress and ornaments has provided much information that came to playing the central role in establishing the history of Korean dress and ornaments.
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