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Culture Day Announcement

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Starting January 2014, the last Wednesday of every month has been designated a special “Culture Day” in Korea to help foster more involvement in arts and culture.

The City of Busan hopes that the announcement will give residents more opportunities to experience culture in their daily lives by expanding existing programs that provide free admission to a number of cultural facilities across the city. This will include free admission to permanent exhibitions and in-house special exhibitions at public and art museums with special rates being offered for touring exhibitions.

Special Culture Day events will also carry over to a number of private organizations such as major movie theaters which are expected to offer discounted ticket prices for evening movies.

To celebrate the first Culture Day, a wide range of special events are planned including a Gukak concert (traditional Korean music), a choir performance, Pungmulnori (traditional Korean games), a B-boy dance performance, a brass band performance and performances by K-POP artists are scheduled to take place on January 29, 2014, starting from 2 p.m. at Busan Station Fountain Square.  

▶List of participating organizations for Culture Day (last Wednesday of every month)

Museums	Busan Museum, Bokcheon Museum, Busan Modern History Museum, Provisional Capital Memorial Hall, Busan Marine Natural History Museum, Pusan National University Museum, Pukyong National University Museum (from March 2014), Dong-A University Seokdang Museum, Dong-eui University Museum, Kyungsung University Museum, Silla University Museum Free admission until 8 p.m. from January 2014
Art Museum	Busan Museum of Art Free admission until 8 p.m., Wednesday movie screening from January, 2014
Public Library	Geumjeong, Nam-gu Libraries Extended hours until late evening and cu ltural programs from January 2014 Seo-dong, Gangseo, Dadae Libraries Extended hours until late evening and cultural programs from March 2014
Performance Facilities	Busan Cinema Center Free or 50% discount on movies from January 2014 Free cultural performances or 10 ？ 30% discount on regular performances from March 2014 Busan Cultural Center 10% discount on touring exhibitions from January 2014 Sasang Indie Station Extended hours until 9 p.m. and free cultural performance from March 2014 Danurim Center Extended hours until 8 p.m. and free cultural performance from March, 2014 Eulsukdo Cultural Center Extended hours until 8 p.m., free cultural performances (except March and September) from January 2014
Arboretum	Hwamyeong Arboretum Free admission until 8 p.m.
Cultural Organizations	Busanpo Folk Museum Extended hours until 8 p.m. from January 2014 Rogbong Folk Education Museum Extended hours until 8 p.m., 20% discount on admission and cultural programs Intangible Cultural Heritage Federation Operating Intangible Cultural Heritage programs from the second half of 2014
Other Organizations	Busan Fishing Village Exhibition Center Extended hours until 8 p.m. from the second half of 2014 (under discussion) Nakdong River Estuary Ecological Tour Discounts on ecological ship tours from the second half of 2014 (under discussion) Amisan Observatory Free admission until 8 p.m. from March 2014
Other Facilities	Busan Transportation Corporation Busan Cultural Foundation Music concerts, cultural perfor mances and events at Metro Stations, Taejongdae, Children’s Park and other places from the second half of 2014