The best museums South Korea

This small private museum on the fifth floor of a building houses a rich collection of traditional Korean embroidery and other feminine objects. As explained by his founder, Santi Dong-hwa, who spent 30 years of his life bringing together the 3 000 pieces of his collection, embroidery was one of the few ways of Joseon's masked women to express their artistic feelings and talents. More than handicrafts, these small works of art reveal a universe of colours, shapes and finesse. Most of the works date from Joseon, like a magnificent Buddhist screen named National treasure. The collection includes many pojagi, these fabrics used to wrap everything you were carrying, but which could serve as tissue, cushions, bags, etc., as a Korean scientist said, Korean culture could be described as a "pojagi culture" because this little piece of tissue, which does not take place but has many uses, reveals the spirit of the tissu. traditional Korea. Mr Hu, for lack of space, had to give up 600 pieces of his collection, which will be exhibited in a special pavilion of the new National Museum.