History comes alive!

Many people call us. "Is this the Korean Museum of Everyday Life? Where is it? How late are you open?"
No longer do you have to worry about time and place. This museum is a museum within a book. You can walk around as you hold it on the palm of your hand as long as you wish.
Now you can have the "Museum of Everyday Life" on your own.

The Museum of Everyday Life

The first comprehensive series on Korean living history.
Unique design appropriate for the Internet Age
Verified and Validated by authoritative scholars
Ancestors' everyday lives come alive as if they are living next door!
Inclusive of major items exhibited in museums around the country
Dynamic pictures and innovative paintings illustrating Korean history
Overcoming the limits of two-dimensional printing to deliver visual effects and immediate understanding
Written by the Editorial Committee for the "Museum of Everyday Life in Korean History Series"

Voted one of the top ten books by the Korean Association of Book Editors
Best Design Project Award of 2000, from the "Design" Magazine
Grand Prize, Best Creative Non-fiction, SBS Broadcasting Company
Best Book, Children's Literature Research Association


A Grand Panoramic View in Pictures of the Ten Thousand Years of Silla History: "Opening Exhibition"

Sitting gracefully, a woman is playing the Korean harp. Around her, a variety of animals dance to the stimulating rhythm. Birds and turtles. Frogs that jumped out of water at hearing the music, and a snake who has been trailing the frogs to swallow them up.... In the meantime, a man and a woman are flirting as if to respond physically to the rhythm. The time is the Fifth Century. Silla is at its peak. A small kingdom in a narrow valley builds a strong castle, an efficient government structure, and a powerful military. What was like a fish in a small pond now expands its territory over the mountains to exchange goods with Koguryo and to send emissaries all the way to China over the West Sea. All these advances were unimaginable before for Silla, when things were moving slowly like water moves through a small stream.

from Volume 5: Living in the Millennium Kingdom, Page 8



(Bulguk Temple)

We are standing here on the border between this world and the next world of Buddha. Cross the water and climb up the steps, first "Chungwoonkyo" and then "Paikwoonkyo," to reach the gate to the world of Buddha. The stone columns under the gate symbolizes the height of that world as well as its firmness. This is Bulkuk Temple, situated on the hills on the west side of the Toham Mountain. As its name indicates, the temple represents "Buddha's World."

from Volume 5: Living in the Millennium Kingdom, Page 72



Sok-gul-am (Stone Cave Shrine)

Both the floor and the ceiling of the Stone Cave Shrine's main room are in the shape of a circle, to suggest eternity. The central figure is of course Buddha. Surrounding him are saintly figures of Buddhism, whose statues occupy the rest of the circle in the room. They are all gathered to listen to Buddha's teachings. Also exhibited are the skillfully and elegantly crafted copies of various statues of Buddha found in different parts of the world.

from " Living in the Millennium Kingdom " Page 84

The Pan-Asian sea trade route linking the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. The center of international trade on the Southern and Western edges of the Korean Peninsula. The trade headquarters in China for the exclusive use of Korean businesses. A big commercial cargo ship traveling between Korea, China, and Japan.
We're not talking about the trade war of today. Rather we are back in Twelfth Century Korea. These are a familar part of Korean history. We'll take you to the exciting trade adventures across the seas.

from " Living in the Millennium Kingdom " page 90