Dong-A University Seokdang Museum

Hello, in Busan, there are few traditional Korean buildings with tiled roofs, but there are a few that remain among the buildings built during the Japanese colonial period. Among them, in the Bumin Campus of Dong-A University, which was founded in 1946 and is located in Bumin-dong, Seo-gu, Busan, there is a three-story red brick building in the Renaissance style that was started in 1923 and began operating as the Gyeongnam Metropolitan Government Office in 1925.

During the Korean War (1950-1953), it was used as the Busan Provisional Capital Government building, and after the war it was used again as the Gyeongnam Metropolitan Government Office. However, when the Metropolitan Government Office was relocated to Jinju, Gyeongnam, it became the Busan District Court and the Busan Local Police Agency, and is a building that reflects the political and drastic social changes of modern Korean history.

The building was sold to Dong-A University in 2002 and remodeled into the Dong-A University Museum on May 2009, 5. The building houses an administration room and seminar room on the first floor, an ethnic room, a Buddhist art room, a ceramics room, and an archaeological material room on the second floor, and a space displaying materials such as a model of the Provisional Capital Government Building on the third floor.

主な所蔵品としては、1397年李氏朝鮮の太祖李成桂の王命をうけ、朝鮮建国に際立った貢献した沈之伯などの手柄を記録した文書「開国原從功臣錄券(国宝69号)」と1824年～1828年の間に制作されたと考えられる朝鮮王朝の正宮であった慶福宮の東に位置している昌徳宮(チャンドックン)と昌慶宮(チャンギョングン)の宮廷全景が描かれている「東闕図」(横576センチ、縦273.5センチ、国宝249号)、韓国5万ウォン札の表面の図案となった申師任堂（シン・サイムダン）の「草蟲圖屛」 を初めてとした宝物11点と釜山市指定文化財11点など総3万点以上の他の博物館ではあまり見られない各種貴重な遺物を所蔵しています。

The Former Busan Provisional Capital Government Complex and museum, which left a valuable mark on Korea's modern history, and the 15-story modern twin buildings behind the old complex are a place of study for university students. Why not take a trip to Dong-A University's Bumin Campus, where a past that we want to forget but must never forget coexists with a bright and hopeful future?

2012.9.24 Closed days changed
In September 2013, Dong-A University Museum changed its name to Dong-A University Seokdang Museum.

How to get there: Take Exit 2 of Toseong-dong Station on the Busan Subway and walk straight for about 5 minutes until you see the open-walled building of Dong-A University's Bumin Campus on your left.