Gwangju National University of Education has opened a Children’s Education Museum inside its former main building, giving a registered modern-heritage structure a new public role rather than treating it only as an object of preservation. The building was registered as modern cultural heritage No. 97 in 2004. Its new use combines a picture-book library with exhibition spaces. The library opens with about 7,000 books and plans to add roughly 3,500 volumes each year, turning the reused building into a continuing education resource rather than a one-off exhibition venue. The museum is also intended to support programs for children, schools and teacher education in the region. That combination makes the project notable within Culture: the heritage value sits in the same space as active reading, exhibitions and educational programming. The opening gives Gwangju a practical example of adaptive reuse. The long-term test will be whether the museum can keep the historic building active through regular programming while preserving the character that made the structure worth registering in the first place.
Gwangju turns modern-heritage campus building into children’s museum
Gwangju National University of Education has converted its former main building into a public children’s education and culture space