The National Museum of Gyeongju said Tuesday it will hold regular exhibitions of Silla gold crowns every 10 years.
The museum said the next exhibition will be in 2035, when it marks its 90th anniversary. It plans to broaden the show spatially and conceptually, bringing together not only six Silla gold crowns but also gold crowns from South Korea and abroad for a single overview.
The museum also said it will present gold crowns this year in Yangsan and Cheongdo to expand local residents’ access to cultural programs. It will also hold Silla special exhibitions in Paris in May and in Shanghai in September, featuring Silla gold crowns, to continue promoting Silla’s golden culture.
The special exhibition “Silla Gold Crowns: Power and Prestige,” being held to mark the museum’s 80th anniversary and the APEC 2025 KOREA leaders’ meeting, opened to the public on Nov. 2, 2025, and runs through Feb. 22, 2026, for a total of 110 days. Attendance so far is 251,052, averaging 2,561 visitors a day. The museum said it is the first exhibition ever to gather all six Silla gold crowns and all six gold belts in one place, 104 years after Silla gold crowns were first introduced to the world.
Yoon Sang Deok, director of the National Museum of Gyeongju, said the museum will continue working to promote Silla history and culture at home and abroad, using the gold crowns as a link to what he called the roots of K-culture.
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