Onggi Folk Museum
Appearance
Established | April 1991 |
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Location | 497-15, Ssangmun 1-dong, Dobong-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
Collection size | 3,300 |
Website | onggimuseum.org |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 옹기민속박물관 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Onggi minsok bakmulgwan |
McCune–Reischauer | Onggi minsok pakmulkwan |
The Onggi Folk Museum, located in Seoul, South Korea is a private museum specializing in onggi, Korean earthenware which is used for storage and utilitarian purposes. It was established as the Goryeo Folk Museum (Korean: 고려민속박물관) in 1991 and later was changed to the current name. The museum consists of three-story building and an outdoor exhibition hall where 3,300 items of onggi and other items such as dancheong patterns, Korean traditional decorative coloring used for building are exhibited.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 옹기민속박물관 (甕器民俗博物館) (in Korean). Empas / Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
External links
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