Abstract

This article aims to investigate the trajectory of the Korean collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) in New York, which is distinguished as a “universal” museum. The transformative characteristics of the formation, exhibition, and management of the Korean collection from its early stage to the present have a close relationship with the Met’s achievement of its mission statement and South Korean cultural institutions’ practices. Transitionally, the establishment of the Korean gallery in 1998 and the presence of a diverse range of its collections in further exhibitions were the major components of the completion of the museum’s global universality from the Met’s perspective. The achievement of the Met’s mission reflects a remarkable shift that can open up the development of Korean collection in universal space. As a part of world culture and history, the study alludes to a suggestive way to expand the investigation of Korean art and culture in world cultural history.(Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)

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