Korea: 2000 years of creativity

Posted by: Hannah Giles | Posted on: September 15th, 2026

Korea Exhibition at the British Museum

1 October 2026 – 31 January 2027

https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/korea

Attributed to the Royal Bureau of Painting, Sun, Moon and Five Peaks, six-panel folding screen Photo © National Museum of Korea

Discover 2,000 years of Korean creativity – through works spanning from around 300 BC to the present day.

This major exhibition draws almost exclusively from the 23,000 works bequeathed in 2021 by the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-Hee to the National Museum of Korea (NMK) and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA). It offers a dynamic journey through the art and material culture of the last 2,000 years. It also includes many National Treasures or Treasures, objects so designated for their exceptionally high quality and historical significance.

For more information or to book, please visit Korea at the British Museum