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ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관) - Homepage : www.arko.or.kr - Tel : +82-2-760-4850 ARKO Art Center was founded in 1974 as Misulhoegwan in a building of former Deoksu Hospital in Gwanhun-dong, Jongno-gu to offer much-needed exhibition space for artists and arts groups. In 1979, Misulhoegwan moved to its present building, designed by preeminent Korean architect Kim Swoo-geun (1931-1986) and located in Marronnier Park, the former site of Seoul National University. The two neighboring brick buildings accommodating ARKO Art Center and ARKO Arts Theater are the major landmarks of the district of Daehakro. As more public and private museums and commercial galleries came into the art scene in the 1990s, Misulhoegwan shifted to curating and presenting its own exhibitions. Renamed as Marronnier Art Center in 2002, ARKO Art Center assumed a full-fledged art museum system and played an increasingly prominent role as a public arts organization leading the contemporary art paradigm. When The Korea Cultu...

Daegu Korean Chinese Association (대구화교협회) - Homepage : www.jung.daegu.kr - Tel : +82-53-661-2624 Daegu Korean Chinese Association building is a red brick two-story Western-style house built in 1929. Seo Byeong-guk, a rich man in Daegu, entrusted the design and construction to Mo Mungeum, a Chinese architect. It is a flat rectangular structure, and the protruding granite porch balances left and right symmetry. There is a theory that the bricks were brought from Pyeongyang and the woods from Geumgangsan Mountain. It was also used as an HID (Headquarters of Intelligence Detachment) building. There is one building, a playground, a statue of Chiang Kai-shek, and a mural of a Chinese figure painted at the entrance. It is a representative modern building in the Daegu area that boasts a beautiful appearance and is currently used as the office of the Daegu Korean Chinese Association. It was designated as a National Registered Cultural Heritage on June 19, 2006, as it shows the style of modern...

Museum SAN (뮤지엄 산) - Homepage : www.museumsan.org - Tel : +82-33-730-9000 Museum SAN (Space Art Nature) opened in May 2013 in a minimalist concrete building designed by famous architect Tadao Ando. The museum also features artworks by James Turrell, who focuses on light and space. The museum spreads in a line from the Welcome Center to the Flower Garden, Water Garden, main building, Meditation Hall, Stone Garden, and finally, James Turrell Hall. The main building features four wings designed using squares, triangles, and circles, connecting walls, the sky, and people. In addition to the permanent and special exhibitions, the museum also offers hands-on experience programs. - Address : 260, Oak valley 2-gil, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do ※ Introduction Information - Ccapacity : - Inquiries and Guides • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-33-730-9000 - Parking : Available - Parking fee : - Rest date : Mondays - Use fee : [Museum (O...

Namsan Library (서울특별시교육청 남산도서관) - Homepage : nslib.sen.go.kr - Tel : +82-2-754-7338 Namsan Library opened as Kyeongseong Prefectural Library in 1922 as a public library in Myeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul. The library was moved to the current site in 1964 with a newly built building and its name changed to Namsan Library in 1965. This concrete building was built in 1964 and was designed by architect Lee Haeseong. It was designated as Seoul Future Heritage in 2013, credited for its preservation value. It is comprised of 19 rooms and educational areas including the Humanity and Social Science Hall, Nature Science Hall, Language and Literature Hall, Electronic Information Room and more. Since opening, the library has collected nearly 500,000 books, 16,000 non-book materials, 700 continuing resources, and other special materials like old books, oriental books (including Japanese books), and more. Namsan Library also operates a reading treatment program unique to this library that began in 200...