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Bokcheon Museum to Run Winter Vacation Children’s Museum Exploration Class, “Ask the Horses!”

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Busan Bokcheon Museum (hereinafter “the Museum”) announced that it will operate the hands-on education program, the Winter Vacation Museum Exploration Class “Ask the Horses!”, from January 20 to 23 for elementary school students and their families during the winter vacation in the Year of the Horse in 2026.

This education program was designed to mark the Byeongo Year (the Year of the Red Horse) by focusing on horse trappings (harness) artifacts excavated from the ancient Bokcheon-dong Tombs. It explores how people in antiquity domesticated horses and used them for daily life, warfare, and transportation, while also helping participants easily understand the scientific and technological principles embedded in horse trappings through experiments and hands-on activities.

The program is characterized by moving beyond lecture-style instruction centered on explanations and instead being structured around artifact observation and experiential activities.

Participants will first build foundational understanding through a PPT lesson and science experiments covering: the process of horse domestication and the types and roles of Three Kingdoms–period horse trappings. They will then observe, in person, actual horse trappings artifacts excavated from the Bokcheon-dong Tombs in Exhibition Room 2. At the end of the program, participants will wrap up what they have learned and share their museum experience through a “Year of the Horse Wish Frame Making” activity, expressing their New Year’s wishes alongside drawings of horses.

The program is open to 20 elementary-student family teams (one student and one guardian per team). Sessions will be held for 90 minutes, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., in the lecture room and exhibition galleries of Bokcheon Museum.

Applications will be accepted via the museum website, museum.busan.go.kr/bokcheon, from 10:00 a.m. today (the 12th) to 5:00 p.m. on January 16. For further details, please refer to Instagram (@museum_bokcheon) or contact the Museum by phone (☎ 051-550-0336).

Director Seong Hyeon-ju of Bokcheon Museum said, “This Winter Vacation Museum Exploration Class, specially designed around ancient horse trappings artifacts to mark the Year of the Horse, is a hands-on education program that helps participants understand ancient science and technology through experiments,” adding, “We hope it will serve as an opportunity for children to feel closer to local cultural heritage and develop the ability to ask questions and explore on their own.”