이화여자대학교박물관

The Ewha Womans University Museum began with a display of Korean folk artifacts collected by students and faculty. This initial exhibition was held at Room 109 in the main building of Ewha’s Sinchon campus in 1935, five years after Professor Edna M. Van Fleet of Ewha College suggested the establishment of a museum. Although the entire collection at the museum dispersed upon the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, the museum reopened in Pilseung-gak, Busan. After Ewha returned to Seoul in 1953, the museum once again opened the exhibition room in the main building of the Sinchon campus. The artifacts collected around this time laid the foundation for the museum today. In 1960, a separate museum building was built, and the museum offered permanent exhibitions of its collection(free of charge) and carried out research projects including excavations of tombs and kiln sites. In 1989, the current museum building was constructed as part of the university’s centenary celebrations. In 1999, the Chang Budeok Memorial Gallery was set up within the museum building to commemorate the donation by Chang Sook-whan. In 2005, the museum building was extended to its current size in preparation for a new leap forward. The Ewha Womans University Museum was selected as the best university museum in 1999, 2000 and 2003. It was also given the Art Award of the Year by Arts Council Korea in 2005, and has since actively worked to promote the excellence of Korean culture.