Goryeo Celadon Museum
{{Short description|Museum located in Gangjin, South Korea}}
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| name = Goryeo Celadon Museum
| image = KORAIL Gangjin Gun 64 (17283085751).jpg
| location = Gangjin County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
| coordinates = {{Coord|34.5086|126.8008|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.celadon.go.kr/}}
}}
The Goryeo Celadon Museum ({{Korean|hangul=고려청자박물관}}), formerly known also as the Gangjin Celadon Museum, is a museum located in Sadang-ri, Gangjin County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea.{{cite journal|last=Kim|first=Joo-young|title=Kangjin|journal=Koreana|volume=19|url=http://koreana.kf.or.kr/viewPdf.asp?filename=1999_WINTER_E052.pdf|date=Winter 1999|pages=54–59|access-date=2010-05-31|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173954/http://koreana.kf.or.kr/viewPdf.asp?filename=1999_WINTER_E052.pdf|url-status=dead}} It was opened in 1997 and features the history of the Gangjin Kiln Sites.{{Citation |last=김 |first=행주 |script-title=ko:강진청자박물관 (康津靑磁博物館) |work=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0069228 |access-date=2025-02-15 |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |language=ko}}
About 200 celadon sites are distributed in the area where the Goryeo Celadon Museum is located. It can be said to be the birthplace and treasure trove of Goryeo celadon.{{Cite web |script-title=ko:고려청자박물관 |url=https://www.celadon.go.kr/contentsView.do?menuId=celadon0701000000 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.celadon.go.kr}}
The museum's collection has about 30,000 pieces of Goryeo celadons and actively holds exhibitions for informing the people about Korean Celadons and its props. Some of kilns were reconstructed to reenact the way people of Goryeo made the celadons.
See also
- Korean pottery and porcelain
- Haegang Ceramics Museum in Shindun-myeon, Icheon
- Ceramics museums in South Korea
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Goryeo Celadon Museum}}
- [https://www.celadon.go.kr/ Museum website]
- [https://korean.visitkorea.or.kr/detail/rem_detail.do?cotid=88c58a18-5601-4ab3-8ef4-e96db688e3c0 Visit Korea review of museum]
- [https://www.lonelyplanet.com/south-korea/gangjin/attractions/goryeo-celadon-museum/a/poi-sig/1428326/1326730 Lonely Planet]
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Category:Museums in South Jeolla Province
Category:Art museums and galleries in South Korea
Category:Museums established in 1997
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