Ministry of Foreign Affairs expands installation of Korean audio guides at major overseas cultural and tourist facilities

It is also scheduled to be installed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Munch Museum, and the Abba Museum.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Min Seon-hee = The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will install Korean audio guides at major overseas cultural and tourist facilities, such as the Grand Museum in Egypt and the Munch Museum in Norway, this year.

According to data submitted by Rep. Kim Jun-hwan, a member of the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 4th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to install Korean audio guides at four locations this year, including the Grand Museum in Egypt, the Munch Museum in Norway, the Abba Museum in Sweden, and the Simon Janasia National Museum in Georgia.

Last month, we completed the installation of a Korean audio guide at the Roman Forum ruins in Rome, Italy.

Since 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has supported the installation of Korean audio guides at major art galleries and museums overseas in order to strengthen services for overseas Koreans and promote Korea.

In 2018, the first year of the project, we supported four places, including the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Belgium, the Sagrada Familia in Spain, the Borghese Museum in Italy, and the Turkuan Palace in Topkapi.

Since then, support has continued every year, expanding the target to include the Vatican Museum, the U.S. National Art Gallery, the Prado Museum in Spain, the Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Army Museum in China, Prague Castle in the Czech Republic, Petra in Jordan, the Hungarian National Assembly, the Beethoven House in Germany, and the Emerald Temple in Thailand.

Last year, we supported 10 places including Croatia's Split Cultural Heritage Site, Hungary's Liszt Memorial Museum, Italy's Colosseum, Sweden's Nobel Museum, Luxembourg's Vianden Castle, Ecuador's Botonacional Cathedral, Egypt's Museum of Civilization, Latvia's National Gallery of Art, Portugal's Lisbon City Tour Bus, and Germany's Sanssouci Palace.