Seoul Museum of Craft Art opens two exhibitions centered on brief but ambitious Korean Empire The Seoul Museum of Craft Art opened two exhibitions on Tuesday, both of which center on the Korean Empire (1897-1910), the ambitious period during which Korea tried to remake itself into a modern state, with crafts as one of its instruments. 2026.4.27
675 jewelry pieces from Korea and Austria on display at SeMoCA's sprawling 'Beyond Adornment' “Beyond Adornment" at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art showcases Korean and Austrian art, shedding light on the artistic differences and similarities between the two countries. 2024.5.29
Crafts and sustainability come together for 'KZ Project' exhibit with SeMoCA Craft Prize-winner Korea Zinc partners with the Seoul Museum of Craft Art for its "KZ Project" exhibition, showcasing sustainable metalwork and recycled materials in jewelry by previous Metalwork and Jewelry Award winners. 2024.1.11
Hanbok Culture Week to promote traditional dress nationwide through Sunday Hanbok Culture Week 2023, an event that promotes hanbok, or traditional Korean dress, in our daily lives, kicked off Monday. It runs through Sunday nationwide, including Jongno District, central Seoul. 2023.10.16
SeMoCA highlights Korean trailblazers in fashion in latest exhibition Designer Choi Kyung-ja (1911-2010) was nicknamed the “godmother” of the Korean fashion industry for pioneering fashion education in the country, as well as opening a boutique for women in 1937. During this time, it was rare to find a store that... 2023.2.8
'Yoo Lizzy: A Philosophic Metalsmith' gives Korean crafts their time to shine For anyone interested in Korean art, it’s relatively easy to name a number of Korean modern art masters, but for crafts, it may be a different story. To turn that around, the Seoul Museum of Craft Art (SeMoCA) in Jongno District, central Seoul, is... 2022.9.28
Korean crafts prove their worth in horsehairs Korea’s crafts prove their aesthetic value day by day as they continue to be recognized on the global stage. Dahye Jeong, a 33-year-old artisan who specializes in using horsehair to weave baskets, is the winner of the 2022 Loewe Foundation... 2022.7.4
Grand opening On the day of the opening ceremony of the Seoul Museum of Craft Art today, visitors are shown taking a look around the exhibitions. The Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Seoul’s first-ever municipal museum exclusively for crafts, is set to officially... 2021.11.29
Newly-opened craft museum showcases rare embroidered works After three years of delay, Seoul’s first-ever municipal museum exclusively for crafts finally opened its doors to the public two weeks ago. The Seoul Museum of Craft Art, well located between the Samcheong-dong street of art galleries and the... 2021.8.2
Craft museum blurs the line between furniture and fine art The Seoul Museum of Craft Art in Jongno District, central Seoul, Korea's first museum specialized in expert handicraft, originally planned to open its doors in September of 2018, but was hit by a series of delays. Its opening date has now been ... 2021.6.21
![An interior view of ″The Hybrid″ exhibition of craft artifacts at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art in Jongno District, central Seoul [SEOUL MUSEUM OF CRAFT ART]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12590728.jpg?imageId=12590728&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Reporters look around “Beyond Adornment,” an exhibition featuring Korean and Austrian contemporary jewelry at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art in central Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11208798.jpg?imageId=11208798&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Shovels, pens, a cutting board and other items by Sim Hyun-seok [SEOUL MUSEUM OF CRAFT ART]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12365629.jpg?imageId=12365629&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Foreign travelers pass by a hanbok, traditional Korean dress, rental shop near Gyeongbok Palace in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Sunday. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10703197.jpg?imageId=10703197&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Choi Kyung-ja's elegant 1963 red silk evening coat [SEOUL MUSEUM OF CRAFT ART]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10337116.jpg?imageId=10337116&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
!['The Journey with Ten Longevity Symbols-Water-Life' (2006) by Yoo Lizzy, on view at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art [SEOUL MUSEUM OF CRAFT ART]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10620072.jpg?imageId=10620072&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Dahye Jeong, a 33-year-old artisan who specializes in using horsehair to weave into baskets, is the winner of the 2022 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize for “A Time of Sincerity” (2021). [LOEWE FOUNDATION]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11427804.jpg?imageId=11427804&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A bojagi, or wrapping cloth, from the late Joseon period (1392-1910) is now on view at the newly-opened Seoul Museum of Craft Art. [SEOUL MUSEUM OF CRAFT ART]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10798480.jpg?imageId=10798480&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![The Seoul Museum of Craft Art in Jongno District, Central Seoul [SEOUL MUSEUM OF CRAFT ART]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11318819.jpg?imageId=11318819&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)