Founded in 2001, the Korean Craft Museum is a public museum located in Cheongju that specializes in crafts and serves as a cultural hub in central Korea.

It offers cultural content and an educational platform, providing with immersive experiences of crafts through exhibitions, research, classes, and a craft studio.
Our mission is to create an accessible Our mission where people can enjoy culture and grow an appreciation for the arts.

Through exhibitions and cultural exchanges that showcase craft artists from Korea and around the globe, the museum broadens the world of craft culture

KOREAN

CRAFT

MUSEUM

History

2001

Museum opened in
Uncheon-dong, Cheongju

2011

Relocated to Naedeok-dong
(Culture Factory), Cheongju
11th Cheongju Craft Biennale was
held in Korean Craft Museum

2020

Grand Reopening Exhibition
<House of Crafts>

2021

20th Anniversary Exhibition
<Into The New World Utopia>

2022

Special Exhibition
<The Gravity of Movement>

2023

Korean Craft Museum-Seoul
Museum of Craft Art Exchange
Exhibition <Anthology of White>

Online Exhibition

Anthology of White

The Gravity of Movement

Unity of Spirit and Action

The Extraordinary Ordinary

Into The New World Utopia

KOREAN
CRAFT
MUSEUM

Craft Studio

The Korean Craft Museum’s Craft Studio provides support to artists through its seven specialized studios: a ceramics, metalwork, glasswork, leatherwork, textile arts, ottchil, and multipurpose studio.

Artists-in-residence are selected annually in each medium. These resident artists receive several forms of support, including a workspace, subsidies for exhibitions, and promotional opportunities to encourage their creative growth.

Environment

  • It is located within 300 meters of several institutions that promote creative activity and the cultivation of culture and the arts, including the Cheongju Craft Biennale office and MMCA Cheongju.

    The Craft Studio is located within the Culture Factory, which has hosted the Cheongju Craft Biennale. Thanks to its steady flow of visitors, it is an excellent venue for both solo and group exhibitions.
Korean Craft Museum

Support Artists

  • Free access to spaces and equipment
  • Complimentary utilities (electricity, water, Wi-Fi)
  • Assistance with equipment-related expenses (e.g. LPG, oxygen)
  • Artist-art critic matching program to promote artists' growth
  • Priority inclusion in Korean Craft Museum progra
  • Support for hosting exhibitions (including Outcomes Exhibition), catalog printing, and advertising (social media, press releases, etc.)
  • Assistance with profile photos, artwork videos, and miscellaneous (affordable) consumables

Guide of
Craft studio

  • 1
    Artists can use the studio
    from 10am to 7pm everyday.
  • 2
    It has obligation for artists to use the Craft studio for 5 hours per day and at least 15 days per month.
    (If the artist will be living elsewhere for a prolonged period of time (i.e., for an exhibition or creative activity outside of Korea), he or she must notify the Korean Craft Museum of and receive permission for such in advance.)

Requirements

  • Holds a bachelor's degree, will hold a bachelor's degree, or has demonstrated achievements in the desired area of residency (private/group exhibition, award, portfolio, etc.) within the past three years (until one day before the posting for applications)

Hours

  • Gallery‧Craft Studio

    10:00 - 19:00

  • Museum Shop

    10:00 - 20:00

  • Concert Hall

    10:00 - 22:00

  • Closed

    Every Monday: and It opens until 14:00 on January 1, Chuseok, and Lunar New Year's Day