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Since 2018, the Gimhae National Museum has been hosting an annual Gaya webtoon contest. The contest has been praised for providing an opportunity for a younger generation to develop creative cultural content that breathes life into the history and culture of the Gaya Confederacy, something that can sometimes seem boring or rigid to young people. The special exhibition 'Gaya Webtoon in Gimhae Airport' was held in celebration of the inscription of Gaya Tumuli on the UNESCO World Heritage list. ...

The special exhibition Gaya Webtoon Playground is being held in celebration of the inscription of the Gaya Tumuli on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Since 2018, the Gimhae National Museum has hosted annual webtoon contests on the theme of Gaya Confederacy cultural heritage and the museum. The prize-winning works from these Gaya webtoon contests digitally illustrate Gaya cultural heritage based on the artists’ imagination, creativity, and talent. The history and culture of the Gaya Conf...

About 2,000 years ago, groups of people battled the rough seas and went out to cross the deep waters. People with their roots in the delta of the Nakdonggang River, also known as Old Gimhae Bay, traveled out by boat in all directions. This exhibition relates the story of these people who founded the nation we call Gaya. Iron smelted in the Nakdonggang River basin was a popular trade item around East Asia at the time. Gaya ships loaded with standardized iron ingots headed out as far as th...

The Gimhae National Museum is co-hosting the special exhibition Metallurgy (冶金): Great Wisdom with the Cheongju National Museum and Leeum Samsung Museum of Art. Metallurgy (冶金, yageum in Korean) refers to the overall process of manipulating metals with heat, and in Korean it also indicates the products created through this process. Human life changed greatly with the advent of this technology. Through the use of metals, people have induced considerable social evolution. Moreover, with ...

Gazing upon Gimhae’s Wide Plains; a Story of Gaya’s Growth and the Sea Gimhae, once home to Gaya’s royal capital, is known for its wide, open plains. In the past, however, the area now covered with rice paddies, vinyl greenhouses, reeds, and an airfield belonged to the sea. The Gaya communities of this region navigated their ships into the open waters, which provided transportation routes to various locations, as well as a wide range of foodstuffs. Gimhae sits at the conve...

Special Exhibition, Gaya Horse Trappings   Horses are one of the livestock that has been with humans for a long period of time. With their excellent mobility and power, horses were used as a means of transportation and communication, and they were of great help when humans expanded their circle of activity. In that sense, horses played a major role in the growth of human society. Likewise, when the ancient kingdoms in Korea were laying the foundation, horses were regarded as valuable ...

We are accustomed to thinking of history in a linear way: past – present – future. But what if we stop to observe the collection that results from these artificial time periods as a single and dynamic entity? This special exhibition, Man, Matter, Metamorphosis - 10,000 Years of Design, organized by the National Museum of Korea and the National Museum of Finland, introduces materials, cultures, and technologies that have been ceaselessly changed and developed in Finland over the la...

Gaya Fiction Webtoons

Introduction Lacquer is a natural pigment used for decorative and protective coating since thousands of years ago. It has been a great gift given to humankind by nature, helping them create an attractive surface for various objects and protect it. Today, however, it has lost much of its value due to chemical pigments that are much cheaper and more versatile. Despite its close relationship with Korean culture throughout history, we have not paid enough attention to the origin and de...

Opening the Exhibition Gimhae National Museum is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Opened on July 29,1998 for purposes of conserving, researching, exhibiting, and educating with regard to the history and cultural heritage of the Gaya, the museum has evolved after over two decades, becoming the symbol of Gaya culture with a beautiful garden surrounded by the woods. In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Gimhae National Museum opens an exhibition on Gimhae, the base of the museum....