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Busan Marine Natural History Museum to Host Academic Conference on “Marine Natural History Exhibitions and Research: The Way Forward for Museums”

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Busan Metropolitan City’s Busan Marine Natural History Museum (hereinafter, “the Museum”) will hold its 2026 academic conference, “Marine Natural History Exhibitions and Research: The Way Forward for Museums,” beginning at 10:00 a.m. on September 10 in the Museum’s seminar room on the second floor of Building 1.

The academic conference will consist of three sessions: opening remarks and a keynote lecture in Session 1, thematic presentations in Session 2, and a general discussion in Session 3.

Session 1 will begin at 10:00 a.m. with welcoming remarks by Jeong Myeong-wan, Director of the Busan Marine Natural History Museum, followed by congratulatory remarks by Jang Sang-hun, Director-General of the National Folk Museum of Korea, and a keynote lecture by Lee Jeong-mo, Director of the Penguin Science Museum.

Session 2 will feature four thematic presentations. The first, “Investigation and Research into Marine Natural History 500 Million Years Ago,” will be delivered by Lee Seung-bae, Principal Researcher at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources. The second, “Marine Organism Research and Exhibitions and Education,” will be presented by Lee Young-ran, CEO of Plan Ocean. The third, “Research and Exhibitions on Marine Culture in Museums,” will be given by Ryu Seung-hun, Director of the Provisional Capital Memorial Hall. The fourth and final presentation, “What Makes Engaging Popular Science Content?,” will be delivered by Kim Jeong-hun, head of the YouTube science channel Science Dream.

Following the thematic presentations, a general discussion will be held with a total of nine participants: the four presenters, four discussants, and a moderator. The discussants will be Lim Hyun-soo, Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at Pusan National University; Won Jeong-hye, Principal Researcher at the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea; Baek Seung-ju, Head of the Exhibition Planning Team at the National Maritime Museum of Korea; and Park Jin-young, Deputy Secretary-General of the Asia Dinosaur Association. Hwang Eui-wook, Professor in the Department of Biology Education at Kyungpook National University, will moderate the general discussion.

In addition, the Museum’s themed exhibition, “The First Vertebrates: The World of Fish,” is scheduled to open on September 9.

With the newly established Fish Gallery in the General Exhibition Hall on the third floor of Building 1, the Museum will present an intuitive exhibition highlighting the survival strategies that shape the life cycle of fish. The exhibition will open on September 9 so that visitors can enjoy it in conjunction with the academic conference and will be available free of charge through December 8.

The academic conference is free and open to everyone. For further details, visit the Museum’s website at https://busan.go.kr/sea or contact the Museum’s Exhibition Team at 051-550-8825.

The conference is being held as part of the Folk Life History Museum Cooperation Network Grant Program, an initiative of the National Folk Museum of Korea designed to strengthen cooperation and exchanges with regional museums.

The Folk Life History Museum Cooperation Network Grant Program is an annual initiative through which the National Folk Museum of Korea supports a wide range of activities at regional museums, including research, education, and exhibitions, while strengthening cooperation among museums. In particular, the Busan Marine Natural History Museum was selected for the first time this year in the newly established academic conference category, leading to the organization of this conference.

Jeong Myeong-wan, Director of the Busan Marine Natural History Museum, said, “This will be the Museum’s first academic conference in the field of marine natural history, and it will provide a meaningful opportunity to explore the future direction of the Museum’s development.”