The Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art is a museum in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea, run by the Samsung Foundation of Culture. It comprises two parts that house traditional Korean art and contemporary art. Museum one is designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta and Museum two is by French architect Jean Nouvel and Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas designed the children’s centre.[1]
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Museum one houses a collection of traditional Korean art, of which 36 pieces are designated national treasures. Included in the collection are landscapes and folk paintings, traditional ceramics and porcelain, such as Celadon and Buncheong, a bluish-green traditional Korean stoneware. As well as 14th century daggers, crowns, earrings and ornaments; and Buddhist art, sculptures, paintings and manuscripts.
Museum two features modern and contemporary art from both Korean and foreign artists.
Special exhibitions: The Court Painters of Joseon Dynasty - from October 2011 to January 2012.