Three Daegu City Museums Earn 2025 Public Museum Accreditation
Creatrip Team
4 months ago
Three municipal museums in Daegu — Daegu Modern History Museum, Daegu Bangjja Yugi Museum (bangjja: traditional Korean hammered copperware), and Daegu Local History Museum — were selected as accredited public museums in the 2025 national evaluation. This accreditation, run every three years since 2017 under the Museum and Art Gallery Promotion Act, assesses management, exhibitions, education, collection care, and public service. All three Daegu museums passed for the first time after previously struggling with non-accreditation. Improvements credited in the evaluation include systematic management plans, better artifact acquisition and care, hiring professional curators, expanded research and public programs, revamped permanent and special exhibitions, and collaborations with local arts groups. The museums also benefited from being managed by the Daegu Cultural and Arts Foundation, enabling joint events with city orchestras and gugak (traditional Korean music) ensembles, tourism programs, and artist collaborations on Daegu-themed projects. The foundation’s museum operations chief said the institutions will continue to raise their profiles as core cultural facilities preserving Daegu’s history and future.
