Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young attends the "2026 New Year's Day Church," which is a museum and art museum

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Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young attended the "2026 National Museum and Art Museum New Year's Day Church" held at the National Museum of Korea on the 12th and exchanged New Year's greetings with more than 400 museum and art museum officials across the country, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The event presented government awards to people of merit who have devoted themselves to the development of museums and art galleries over the past year. ▶ Kim Eun-kyung, director of the Onyang Folk Museum, and Park Chun-soon, director of the Haden Museum, received the Presidential Commendation ▶ Kim Mi-kyung, director of the Product Business Division of the National Museum Cultural Foundation, Park Sun-joo, director of the Youngeun Art Museum, and Kim Jong-hoe, chief of the village of Hwang Soon-won Literature Village, received the Prime Minister's Commendation. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's commendation was awarded to 15 people, including ▶ Ko Mi-kyung, director of the exhibition planning department at the Incheon National Maritime Museum, and eight people, including ▶ Lee Ji-eun, a curator at the Yangsan City Museum.

It also held an award ceremony for the "2025 Museum and Art Museum Week" project excellence hall. The ▶ Shema Museum of Art and the Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum won the Ministerial Award of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism ▶ The Korean Pop Music Museum and the Ansan Fishing Village Folk Museum won the Chairman's Award of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) ▶ The Sabina Museum of Art and the Gimpo Dado Museum won the Presidential Award of the Korean Museum Association.

Minister Choi Hwi-young said, "2025 was a year that confirmed the public's hot love for museums and art galleries, with more than 6.5 million visitors to the National Museum of Korea, but there are still many local museums and art galleries struggling. 2026 will be a year to leap forward with strong vitality and enthusiasm as it is the year of "Red Horse," and we will communicate with the field to make museums and art galleries the foundation for future growth industries that create economic value through culture.

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