Taehwagwan: Tracing a Historic Seoul Site Through Time
Creatrip Team
a month ago
Seoul Museum of History is holding a special exhibition, “Taehwagwan: A Space Connecting Time,” at the Gongpyeong Urban Relics Exhibition Hall through March next year. The show focuses on the site of Taehwagwan in Insadong (address 194), known as one of the locations where the March 1st Independence Declaration took place, and traces the site’s transformations—from a Joseon-era yangban (Korean aristocratic) residence to a royal household site, a modern-era restaurant, a center of independence activism, and later a social welfare space. Visitors can see old maps, documents, photo postcards, independence declaration materials, and records from Taehwa Women’s Hall and Taehwa Social Hall. Related public lectures are scheduled: Professor Baek Seong of the University of Seoul will speak about the Neungseong Gu clan linked to the Joseon-era site on next month 24th, and Professor Lee Jun-woo of Kangnam University will discuss Taehwa’s history and social welfare development on the 31st. Lecture registration opens on the Seoul public service reservation system on the 8th of next month. The museum director hopes the exhibition will encourage visitors to reconsider the layered histories and memories embedded in the Taehwagwan site.
