Presseum

Presseum

Established	15 December 2000
Location	Sejongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Type	newspaper museum
Collection size	5000 pieces
Website	presseum.or.kr
Korean name
Hangul	신문박물관
Hanja	新聞博物館
Revised Romanization	Sinmunbakmulgwan
McCune–Reischauer	Sinmunpangmulgwan

The Presseum (Korean: 신문 박물관) is the only newspaper museum of South Korea, situated on Sejongno, in Jongno District, central of Seoul. The museum was established and is operated by The Dong-a Ilbo, one of the four major newspaper companies of South Korea. Presseum is a compound word to denote "press" and "museum" which represents its character as a newspaper museum.[1] Presseum is located on the third and fourth floors of the Dong-a Media Center and consists of three exhibition rooms; "Newspaper Hall", "Special Exhibition Hall" and "Media Education Hall".[2][3]

See also

• Ilmin Museum of Art
• List of museums in Seoul
• List of museums in South Korea

References

1. 쇼룸 앤 홍보, 전시 인테리어 . . . www.interiorsnpi.co.kr Archived 2004-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
2. 신문박물관 新聞博物館 (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-26.^[permanent dead link‍]
3. 신문박물관

Sources

• Huh Mun-myeong (April 11, 2008). "Newseum and Presseum". Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
• Heo Jae-sung (March 1, 2003). "Presseum offers historical panorama of newspapers". English Newspaper of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2008.