ByeokBong Korea Jewellry Museum of Heyri Art Village - by 조병운 Jo ByeongUn

We, the GEV Working Holiday participants,  visited ByeokBong Korea Jewellry Museum for our last project on August 29th. We already looked around inside of the museum before, but this time we learned and heard many things thanks to the director of the museum, ByeokBong Young Hee Kim.

Firstly, all the artwork in the museum are not originals,  but restorations or Mr. Kim’s  own creation. The museum has  space for making jewelry by one’s self. Secondly, Mr. Kim said he is proud of himself because he can help preserve Korean tradition.

Mr. Kim could have done different work which let him earn more money but he chose to focus on what he does now.  . What he really wants to say to others is that  even though world changes very fast, we should keep in mind who we are.

We were all  impressed by this because it is in line with the theme of the Working Holiday program, "Being a Global Individual". We could learn the importance of being ourselves in the global community once again from our visit to the museum.

The ByeokBong Korea Jewellry Museum is located on the 1st floor of building C04 on the Heyri Art Village map.