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Busan Marine Natural History Museum to Host the Pop-up Thematic Exhibition “36: Records of the Busan Sea from a Lost Era”

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Busan Metropolitan City’s Busan Marine Natural History Museum (hereinafter referred to as the “Museum”) announced that, in commemoration of the 81st anniversary of Korea’s liberation, it will host the pop-up thematic exhibition “36: Records of the Busan Sea from a Lost Era” from July 1 to August 30 in the lobby on the 4th floor of Building 2 at the Museum.

The exhibition has been organized to examine the history of Busan’s fisheries industry during the modern era through rare historical documents preserved by the Museum and to reflect on their historical significance.

The exhibition consists of three sections: “The Sea as a Resource,” “Memories of the Sea Oppressed by War,” and “Memories of Our Sea Reclaimed.” Through historical documents in the Museum’s collection, visitors can explore the evolution of the fisheries industry from the Japanese colonial period through the 1950s and 1960s following liberation.

The first section, “The Sea as a Resource,” introduces the history of the exploitation of marine resources in Busan following the enactment of the 1911 Fisheries Ordinance by the Japanese Government-General of Korea, which was implemented under the guise of modernization.

The second section, “Memories of the Sea Oppressed by War,” examines records showing how Busan’s fishery products were exploited and used as wartime supplies following the 1931 Manchurian Incident, and introduces the fish species that were subject to exploitation.

The third section, “Memories of Our Sea Reclaimed,” highlights the efforts made after liberation to rebuild and develop the fisheries industry through the Korean people’s own initiative and explores the direction in which the industry evolved.

Admission to the exhibition is free of charge. For more information, visit the Museum’s website at https://www.busan.go.kr/sea/index or contact the Museum’s Exhibition Team at +82-51-550-8828.

Lee Hyang-sook, Director of the Busan Marine Natural History Museum, said, “We hope this exhibition, featuring the rare historical documents preserved by our Museum, will provide an opportunity to reexamine the records of marine resource exploitation that took place in Busan and to reflect on the history of how we rebuilt and developed the fisheries industry with our own hands after liberation.”