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Jeonggwan Museum to Offer Special Exhibition-Linked Education Program “Fishing Village Talk! Talk! Talk!”

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Jeonggwan Museum, affiliated with Busan Museum, will offer “Fishing Village Talk! Talk! Talk!,” an education program linked to its 2026 special exhibition, for children in grades 1–4 of elementary school from September through December.

The program is connected with Jeonggwan Museum’s 2026 special exhibition “Seaside Village, the Sea of Gijang” and is designed as a participatory educational experience through which children can learn about the history and everyday culture of Gijang’s fishing villages in an accessible and engaging way and create their own haenyeo Brick Bear.

The program begins with an on-site learning activity in the special exhibition gallery, where participants observe authentic artifacts and discover the stories behind them.

Participants will then explore the stories associated with the artifacts they have examined, along with the seaside village that served as the setting of a novel and stories of fishing communities in Gijang and Ilgwang, gaining a deeper understanding of the local sea and the everyday culture of fishing villages.

Finally, based on what they have learned, participants will decorate their own haenyeo Brick Bear. They will dress the Brick Bear in mulsojungi, traditional haenyeo attire, and use accessories such as a tewak and diving goggles to create their own haenyeo.

A tewak is a buoyancy device used by haenyeo when gathering seafood.

The program will be held for a total of three sessions from September through December, on the third Saturday of each month from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sessions will take place on September 19, November 21, and December 19, with no session in October. Each session is open to 16 children in grades 1–4 of elementary school, accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Applications may be submitted online beginning at 10:00 a.m. on the Tuesday of each program week—September 15, November 17, and December 15—through the Jeonggwan Museum website at museum.busan.go.kr/jeonggwan or the Busan Metropolitan City Integrated Reservation System at reserve.busan.go.kr.

For further details, please visit the website or call 051-720-6900.

Dong Jin-suk, Director of Jeonggwan Museum, said, “Fishing Village Talk! Talk! Talk! was designed to help children naturally experience the sea of Gijang and haenyeo culture through the familiar and enjoyable activity of making a Brick Bear. I hope this program will provide a meaningful opportunity for children to take an interest in the precious fishing-village cultural heritage of the region where we live and broaden their perspectives as wide as the sea. We look forward to strong interest and participation from local parents and children.”