The National Museum of Korean Literature broke ground Monday at Gijachon Neighborhood Park, in Eunpyeong-gu, northern Seoul, five years after the plan for the museum was announced in 2019. The museum, located in Jingwan-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, at the foot of Bukhansan National Park, will have a total floor area of 14,993 square meters and a site area of 13,248 square meters. The building with two underground floors and two above-ground floors is scheduled for completion in the second half of 2026.
The budget for the project is set at 71.6 billion won ($12.9 million).
"The museum has long been an aspiration in the literary community. As the National Museum of Korean Literature breaks ground, I am extremely excited and thrilled. I cannot imagine how much more it means to writers and those in the literary community,” said Culture Minister Yu In-chon at the groundbreaking ceremony.
"Korea's status in culture and arts is about 80 percent there (cultural apex), and the main source of this power comes from literature. We will support much more translation into different languages so that our literary works can be read on the global stage," Yu said. Poet Moon Chung-hee, the incumbent director of the National Museum of Korean Literature, said, "Korean literature is a beautiful heritage that records the lives, thoughts and emotions of Korean people in the Korean language.
It is the most essential force of the Korean spirit and culture, created through our breath and imagination.” "We (.
