The Seoul Museum of Art () is an art

museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...

operated by Seoul City Council and located in central of

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

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History

It was opened in the Gyeonghuigung Palace area, a royal palace of

Joseon dynasty Joseon ( ; ; also romanized as ''Chosun''), officially Great Joseon (), was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in July 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897. The kingdom w ...

, with six exhibition rooms and an outdoor sculpture park. However, in 2002 a larger main branch was opened behind Deoksugung Palace, replacing the Gyeonguigung Branch as the main branch. Occupying the old Korean Supreme Court building this remodeled and renovated version houses three floors of exhibition halls, a connected administration annex, and a basement with lecture halls, classrooms and offices. The museum has two more branches in Seoul: one is located in

Nowon District Nowon District () is one of the List of districts of Seoul, 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea, located in the most northeastern part of the metropolitan city. It is considered to be a residental district, due to its high concentration of apartme ...

(SeMA Buk-Seoul) and the other is located in Namhyeon-dong, Gwanak-gu (SeMA Nam-Seoul). The museum's main branch offers a wide variety of services to the general public. Offered by the museum are low, or no-cost, public art classes in Korean traditional arts, docent programs in English and Korean and lectures open to the public in order to further its mission.

Branches

* Seoul Museum of Art Seosomun Main Branch (SeMA), opened in 1988 * Nam-Seoul Museum of Art, opened in 2004 * Nanji Residency Seoul Museum of Art, opened in 2006 * Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, opened in 2013 * Art Archives, Seoul Museum of Art, opened in 2023 * Photograpic Arts Center, Seoul Museum of Art (Photo SeMA), opened in 2025 * SeMA Nam June Paik Memorial House

Directors

The Seoul Museum of Art’s current seventh director Eun-ju Choi was officially appointed on March 30, 2023 Director. * The sixth director Jee-sook Beck, appointed on March 30, 2019 * The fifth director Choi Hyo-jun, appointed on February 9, 2017 * The fourth Director Kim Hong-hee, appointed on January 12, 2012 * The third director Ryu Hee-Young,appointed on January 12, 2007 * The second director Ha Chong-Hyun, appointed on January 1, 2003 * The first director Yoo Jun-sang, appointed on June 1, 1999

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External links

Official site (English)
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