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government has decided to build a separate art museum in either Yongsan, Seoul or Songhyeon-dong, Jongno, to manage the donations of the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee. Local governments that risked their lives for the bid are resisting. Lee Kun-hee's collection will be released to the public on the 21st.



By Lee Joo-sang, staff reporter.



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In April, the bereaved family of the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee donated over 23,000 cultural assets and artworks.



The government decided to build the so-called 'Lee Kun-hee Art Museum', saying that integrated management of these donations is necessary.



[Hwang Hee/Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism: In order to promote research, research, exhibition, and exchange that crosses genres and eras, a separate donation hall is needed.]



Two candidate sites are the site of the National Museum of Korea in Yongsan, Seoul and the site of Songhyeon-dong, Jongno-gu. was recommended as



This is because it is located near the National Museum of Korea and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, which has the highest level of expertise and infrastructure in Korea.



[Kim Young-na / National Donated Collections Utilization Chairperson Lee Kun-hee: I understand that collaboration with other specialized organizations is necessary. I think that the donation will go smoothly in various ways, as long as the donations are in Seoul.]



However, 40 local governments across the country who were going to host the 'Lee Kun-hee Museum' protested all at once.



It is said that the decision was made unilaterally without a single public hearing or debate, and it goes against 'cultural decentralization and balanced national development'.



As if conscious of this, the government plans to expand opportunities to view the Lee Kun-hee collection as much as possible.



The National Museum of Korea and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art will open the 'Special Exhibition of Lee Kun-hee's Donations' on the 21st.



In addition, from the second half of next year, we plan to tour the exhibition at least three times a year so that locals can fully enjoy the Kunhee Collection.