The National Museum of Korea is increasingly becoming a popular holiday destination.
The museum said on the 20th that 86,464 people visited during the Lunar New Year holiday period from Feb. 16 to 18, with the museum closed on the 17th.
Holiday attendance has climbed sharply: 32,193 in 2024, 50,512 in 2025 and more than 80,000 this year, up 71.2% from last year.
The museum credited strong interest in its special exhibitions, “Our Yi Sun-sin” and “From Impressionism to Early Modernism,” as well as a display of all 22 volumes of the “Daedongyeojido” map unfolded along the “Path of History” on the first floor of the permanent galleries.
Director Yu Hong-jun said, “Despite the cold weather, I want to express my gratitude to visitors who came to the museum during the Lunar New Year holiday.” He added, “We will continue to raise the quality of our exhibitions and steadily improve the viewing environment so visitors can encounter our cultural heritage from new perspectives.”
* This article has been translated by AI.
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