Building in Korea, Empire of Japan
| Government-General Museum of Chōsen | |
|---|---|
| 朝鮮総督府博物館 | |
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| General information | |
| Town or city | Keijō |
| Country | Korea, Empire of Japan |
| Coordinates | 37°34′43″N 126°58′42″E / 37.5785°N 126.9782°E / 37.5785; 126.9782 |
| Opened | 1 December 1915 |
The Government-General Museum of Chōsen (Japanese: 朝鮮総督府博物館, Korean: 조선총독부박물관) was a museum in Seoul during the period of Japanese rule. Built in the grounds of Gyeongbokgung Palace for the 1915 Chōsen Industrial Exhibition, the museum opened on 1 December 1915. The museum did not operate as an independent agency, and the department under which it fell was subject to bureaucratic reorganization. The museum was disestablished in 1945 and its collections transferred to the National Museum of Korea, which opened on 3 December 1945. In 1998, the museum building was demolished, after it had come to be viewed as a "symbol of colonialism".
Statistics
| Year | Korean | Japanese | Foreign | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 57,337 | |||
| 1922 | 1,800 | 64,420 | ||
| 1923 | 39,004 | |||
| 1925 | 27,483 | 21,182 | 996 | 49,061 |
| 1926 | 32,471 | 25,648 | 2,006 | 60,125 |
| 1927 | 15,280 | 28,129 | 1,307 | 44,716 |
| 1928 | 18,859 | 30,308 | 1,221 | 50,338 |
| 1929 | 16,349 | 28,935 | 1,355 | 46,639 |
| 1930 | 9,304 | 25,787 | 1,513 | 36,604 |
Publications
- Bulletin of the Government-General Museum of Chōsen (朝鮮總督府博物館報), 1926–
- Museum Exhibits Illustrated (博物館陳列品圖鑑), 1918–1943 (17 volumes)
Gallery
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Postcard of the 1915 Chōsen Industrial Exhibition
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The museum building in 1915
See also
References
- ^ "History: 1945~1954". National Museum of Korea. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ Koo, Lina Shinhwa. "Structuring Hierarchies: Archaeological and Museum Projects of the Government-General of Korea and its Colonial Legacy" (PDF). The SOAS Journal of Postgraduate Research. 14 (2020-21). SOAS: 90–112.
- 문서소개 (in Korean). National Museum of Korea. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- "History: 1996~2004". National Museum of Korea. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- Shin 2018, p. 133.
- 朝鮮總督府博物館報 [Bulletin of the Government-General Museum of Chosen] (in Japanese). National Institute of Informatics. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- 博物舘陳列品圖鑑 [Museum Exhibits Illustrated] (in Japanese). National Institute of Informatics. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
Sources
- Shin, Michael (2018). Korean National Identity under Japanese Colonial Rule: Yi Gwangsu and the March First Movement of 1919 (1st ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9780367438654.
- Museums in Seoul
- Museums established in 1915
- Museums disestablished in 1945
- 1945 disestablishments in Korea
- Museums in Korea under Japanese rule
- Buildings and structures completed in 1915
- Buildings and structures demolished in 1998
- Demolished buildings and structures in South Korea
- 1915 establishments in Korea
- Keijō
- Decolonization of Korea
- History of Gyeongbokgung
- Government-General of Chōsen