Museum of Korean Literature

The National Museum of Korean Literature aims to function as a culture complex for the public, allowing readers to enjoy Korean literature in diverse forms.

The museum has taken the first step toward its launch, as the founding committee was registered as a corporation earlier this year. The museum will be built in the Eunpyeong district of western Seoul. Construction of the museum will begin in October 2021, with the opening date slated for December 2023.

“The need to build a proper museum for Korean literature has always been there, but it has not been realized for a long time,” Yeom Mu-ung, a literary critic who was named head of the institution, said at a press event in central Seoul, Wednesday.

The museum has various missions, including on setting the boundaries of Korean literature, works of the Korean diaspora, translations of Korean work and popular literature.