이화여자대학교박물관

In 2015 Ewha Womans University Museum presents a special exhibition of its collection White Porcelain in the Joseon Dynasty to commemorate the museum’s 80th anniversary. This exhibition looks at the royal court and white porcelains, birth and death as reflected in white porcelain, literary culture in vogue, and the symbols and meanings of designs, focusing on the royal kiln porcelains made from the early to late Joseon period. The characteristics of local porcelains are also presented in comparison with those of vessels from the royal kilns. This exhibition will give you a chance to witness the purity and formality of Joseon white porcelain, created for use in practicing ancestral rites in keeping with the ideology that the Joseon Dynasty pursued for more than 500 years. At the same time, you will enjoy the aesthetic beauty inside the white porcelain, widely used and loved by people of all classes. Ceramics take up the largest portion of this museum’s collection and its Joseon white porcelains are diverse enough to show the history of white porcelains from the 15th to the 19th centuries. The exhibition will be the largest single white porcelain exhibition held in Korea, featuring more than 600 pieces throughout our exhibit halls on the first and the second floors. Through this special exhibition, you will have a look at the research results and the direction that Ewha Womans University Museum has taken in acquiring its collection over the past 80 years.

Beyond a mere expository display, the newest media for in-depth observation, facilities in which the visitors can relax while they view the ceramics, and a resource center meeting the intellectual curiosity of the youth and general visitors will also be provided for the exhibition.