The Kansong Art Museum (Korean: 간송미술관) is located in Seongbuk-dong, Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea.
The predecessor to the museum, Bohwagak (보화각; 葆華閣), was founded by Jeon Hyeong-pil in 1938.
[1] It was the first privately-owned museum in Korea, and showcased various Korean historical and artistic materials that Jeon had gathered.
[2] Numerous Korean cultural properties were taken to Japan, such as Goryeo porcelains, Silla-era Buddhist statues, and Joseon-era texts.
This includes a copy of the Hunminjeongeum, which first described the Korean script Hangul[1] (National Treasure No.