Horim Museum
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| Horim Museum 호림박물관 |
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| Established | 1982 |
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| Location | Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Type | Art museum |
| Director | Yun Jang-seob |
| Website | http://www.horimmuseum.org |
| Korean name | |
| Hanja | 湖林博物館 |
| Revised Romanization | Horim bangmulgwan |
| McCune-Reischauer | Horim pangmulgwan |
Horim Museum is a museum in Seoul, South Korea.
The museum was founded by Yun Jang-seob (윤장섭 尹章燮) who after setting up the Sungbo Cultural Foundation (성보문화재단 成保文化財團)in July of 1981 to purchase antiquities, established the Horim Museum in October 1982 at Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu by leasing one floor of a building. In May 1999 it relocated to Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu with four main exhibition galleries which comprise of the Archaeology Gallery, the Ceramics Gallery, the Metal Art Gallery and the Painting and Book Gallery and a special gallery and souvenir shop and rooms in total covering about 1,400 pyung (49,820 ft2).
The museum owns more than 10,000 pieces of Korean art including more than 3,000 earthenwares, 2,100 porcelains, 1,100 celadons, , 500 buncheongs, 2,000 paintings, 400 pieces of metal arts amongst many other items [1].
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