Jeongok Prehistory Museum
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| Established | April 25, 2011 |
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| Location | Yeoncheon, South Korea |
| Coordinates | 38°00′42″N 127°03′50″E / 38.011582°N 127.063781°E |
| Type | Natural history museum |
The Jeongok Prehistory Museum (Korean: 전곡선사박물관) is a museum in Yeoncheon, South Korea. The museum exhibits are based on the natural history of the Chugaryeong rift valley.[1]
History[edit]
The museum was established to conserve archaeological artifacts such as the Acheulean axe, which was found in an excavation in the Hantangang River in Yeoncheon County.[2] The construction of the museum cost 48.2 million won, financed by the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation. In 2011 it was considered the largest prehistoric museum on the Korean peninsula.[3] The museum was designed by X-tu's French architects, Anouk Legendre and Nicolas Desmazieres. In 2012, the museum won the award of excellence at the Korean Architecture Awards.[4] Since 2016, the museum has been part of the Google Arts & Culture platform.[5] In 2019, the museum won a bronze International Design Excellence Awards medal: the prehistory museum is the first Korean museum to receive this award.[6]
Collections[edit]
The museum contains one of the earliest axes in East Asia, as well as several relics dating back to the Stone Age. In addition, the museum contains fossils of Sahelanthropus and Homo sapiens that lived in Pyongyang. The museum has exhibits on human evolution as well as exhibits on stone tools. The museum also has exhibits on mammoths[7] The museum contains cave paintings and primitive huts about early human life in Korea.[8] The museum contains a 5,000-year-old mummy, as well as fossils of Ice Age animals such as cave bears, primitive horses, saber-toothed tigers and mammoths.[9] The museum contains models of humans as well as excavated Jeongok-ri artifacts.[10] In April 2021, the museum presented an exhibition about the Paleolithic period in which 120 objects including prehistoric clothing, burial relics, artwork and stone tools were exhibited.[11] In October 2021, the museum received a painting of a dragon called "Taehwang Yongseongyeongdo" by Buddhist artist Monk Taehwang.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ Meinhold, Bridgette (2011-04-06). "Shiny Serpentine Jeongok Prehistory Museum in Korea Now Complete". Inhabitat. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ Hyo-seon, Kang (2019-09-03). "[변화 바람부는 경기도 문화예술·(4)]전곡선사박물관 ([Culture and Arts in Gyeonggi-do, Winds of Change (4)] Jeongok Prehistory Museum)". 경인일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ Ki-ja, Kim (2011-11-15). "경기도 전곡 선사박물관 (Gyeonggi-do Jeongok Prehistory Museum)". 전문건설신문 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ Kyung-hoon, Yoo (2012-09-16). "전곡선사박물관, 한국건축문화대상 우수상 수상 (Jeongok Prehistory Museum won the Excellence Award at the Korean Architecture Awards)". 투어코리아 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ "천 년 역사의 경기도 문화와 예술을 구글 컬처럴 인스티튜트를 통해 만나보세요!". Google 한국 블로그 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ Hye-rim, Park (2019-08-30). "우주선 '아이디어' 통했다 (Spaceship 'Idea' was through)". Incheon Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ Young-ho, Kim (2020-04-23). "[2020 경기도 박물관·미술관 다시보기] 1. 연천 '전곡선사박물관' ([2020 Gyeonggi-do Museum and Art Museum Review] 1. Yeoncheon 'Jeonggok Prehistory Museum')". 경기일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ "Jeongok Prehistory Museum Opens Doors to Public". Arirang. 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ Jun-seong, Park (2017-10-20). "[쉼표] 아득히 먼 선사시대로의 여행 전곡리 '선사유적지'를 가다 ([Comma] Travel to a far prehistoric road, go to Jeonggok-ri'Prehistoric Ruins')". 천지일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ Yoon-mi, Lee (2018-06-25). "국내 최대 규모의 선사 박물관, 전곡 선사 박물관 (The largest prehistoric museum in Korea, Jeongok Prehistoric Museum)". 컨슈머포스트 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ Seok-won, Baek (2021-04-22). "경기문화재단 전곡선사박물관, "구석기 사람들은 어떻게 살았을까?" 관람객이 직접 선정한 주제 전시한다 (Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation Jeongok Prehistory Museum, "How did the Paleolithic People Live?" Subjects selected by the audience will be displayed)". 컬처타임즈 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ Yeon-kyung, Shin (2021-10-15). "전곡선사박물관, 태황스님에 용 기운 담긴 '태황용선경도' 기증받아 (Jeongok Prehistory Museum received a donation of 'Taehwang Yongseongyeongdo' containing dragon energy from Monk Taehwang)". KG News (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-11-13.