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InsideMuseum-LookingintohistoryofSeoulfromthepasttillnow
FirstMuseumtoshowSeoul’shistory
Growlingbearsinthesky
S
B
eoul has been the capital of the nation
canstealaglimpseofthe“EverydayLifein
ears, large and powerful with thick,
for hundreds of years. It has numerous
Seoul”. Here we can see remains of
shaggyfur,areusuallyfoundinforests
places to go and it’s history itself is a
women’s beauty make-up tools to the
andmountains.
dramatic one since the early days.
priceless blue and white porcelains. The
Ofcourseonedoesnothavetogooutinto
Practically, Seoul has been the center of
smalltablesandvariousboxesforeveryday
the wilderness to meet the furry creature.
Korea. Now there is a museum that
equipment shows the simple tastes of the
Onecaneasilyspotoneofthematazooand
chronicles the history and culture of city of
earlytimes.Itisalsointrerestingcomparing
even in the rings of the old-fashioned
Seoul from the Stone Ages to the
the lives of the noblemen and the common
circuses.Stillnottoopsychedupenoughto
contemporarytimes.Thereisaspecialfocus
peoplewhorepresentsthetwobigclassesof
stepoutofthehouse?Whatwouldyousay
on the era of the Joseon Dynasty as it is
theJoseonperiod.
if you can catch the wild animal right by
looked upon as a important time of the
In the third zone it’s about the “Cultural
your house? It is possible?if you would
historyofSeoul.
Heritage of Seoul” where it addresses the
only look higher up in the sky?at night.
Themuseumconsistsofthreemajorparts.
courtculture,science,literatureandart.The
You might not find grizzly bears, black
The Permanent Exhibition Hall, Special
court culture shows the dominant power of
bears or many other kinds of bears in the
was a bear, she ran toward her son. Arcas
Exhibition Hall, and the Exhibition hall of
the King at the time. There are many
darksky.Buttherearetwospecialbears,the
was frightened and was about to shoot her.
DonatedCollections.
drawings and objects which symbolizes the
Great Bear and the Little Bear, sparkling
However,Zeusstoppedthenear-tragedyand
The Permanent Exhibition hall is divided
King’spower.Otherpartsofthezoneshows
right above your head. This month in
transformed the son and the mom into
into four main zones which is divided by
numerous relics which Joseon period was
Polaris,theGreatBearconstellationwillbe
shiningstarsinthesky.
subject. This permanent hall can be seen as
the best days of the developing of science
coveredforthestar-lovingreaders.
That’sthestoryofhowtheGreatBearand
Aviewofthecourtcultureroominthepermanentexhibitionhall.
themainpartofthemuseum.Herethereisa
and literature. There are many valuable art
TheGreatBearconstellationisfamousfor
theLittleBearwasformed.
placewherepeoplecanseevariousviewsof
relicstoseealso.
theBigDipperwhichmakesupthetailpart
This sky-bear can be seen easily on the
Seoul’s past and contemporary time. It is
Finallyinthelastzone.Wecomeintothe
giveauniquefeelingtoo.Herewecanalso
people can learn history and enjoy cultural
of the bear constellation. The Big Dipper
premise finding the Big Dipper in the
designed for visitors to view the relics with
part where Seoul’s urban development is
see the relics of “Heungseondaewongun”
heritages.Itcanplayaroleforwideningthe
showsitsshapeintheskyalmostallthetime
northernsky.Thisisthetailpartofthebear
convenience. Visitors can just stroll around
shown. This part shows the outline of
family.
knowledge of Seoul for the citizens and
exceptintheautumntime.Itrepresentsthe
as mentioned above. After finding that
thewidehallswatchingwithcomfort.
Seoul’shistoryfromtheprehistorictimestill
Themuseumhasspecialfacilitieslikethe
serve as a cultural center for people where
stock-stillnessinthesky.
Dipper,thepointistofindtheclawsofthe
The first zone in the permanent hall, the
nowwhereSeoulhasgrowntobeacentral
“HistoryLearningCorner”wherepeoplecan
theycanexpandtheirsiteoflearninghistory.
In fact, it is known to be an essential to
“bear”. The stars are lined up in three
subject is “Seoul, the capital of the Joseon
city.Theintererstingpartisthatwecansee
try for themselves the life of the old times.
Also college students can have a look at
know how to “read” the constellation to
separaterowswithapairineachrow.Then,
Dynasty”. It shows the map of the early
modernrelicslikethegramophonewhichis
The “Touch museum” is the part where
anotherpointofviewwheretheycanfinda
survivewhenpeoplegetintrouble,likeleft
youaredone“catching”thebearinthesky.
times when Seoul was called “Hanyang”.
a machine which stores and reproduces
peoplecanreallytouchtheobjectstohavea
wholenewkindoffuncultureotherthanthe
aloneinthedesertorinthemountains.Itcan
As the bear constellation can be found
TheJoseonperiodshowspricelessliterature
music and the first camera introduced in
moredirectviewoftherelicsanditprovides
amusementculturetheyaredrownedin.
also work as a clock since the Big Dipper
easily from almost anywhere, one does not
remains like Yongbieocheonga which was
Korea also there is a projector when in
realisticinformationofhistory.Thereisalso
The Seoul museum of history can be a
movesaroundthePolarisonceaday.Inthe
need any special tool to observe the bear
the first poem written in the Korean
modernagespeoplewenttoseethemovies
an “Info-bridge” where there are 36
good one day travel just to get out of the
timesoftheRomanrule,theGreatBearwas
stars.Justfindarooforahilltoliedownand
alphabet, Gyeonggukdaejeon the written
shown by these. There is sure to be much
computers to find out information of the
everydayroutineonceinawhile.
even used to test the soldiers’ eyesight.
look up at the sky calmly. If you have a
versionofthecodeoflawatthetime.Also
awe from people who remembers the old
curious things that are on mind. Word
Alcorwastheverystarintarget.Itisnotan
telescope with you, the fascinating Milky
there is a copy of the renowned medical
days.
puzzles and word games are available for a
easythingtodorightnowfortheskyisnow
WaycalledM81andM82andotherscanbe
book,DongeibogambyHuhJun.Theseare
Thehallofdonatedcollectionsisaunique
funtimeinlearningthehistory.
full of polluted air from the factories and
seenthroughthelens.
all impressive relics. There are more
touch of the museum where donators have
AlsotheSpecialExhibitionisundergoing
carsandallthepollutantintheatmosphere.
Mostpeopledonotrealizethatitisareal
fantastic remains on display of the Joseon
there names on and visitors can see the
aplanfortheirnextnewfeaturewhichopens
ThestoryoftheGreatBeariscomesfrom
blessing that human beings can see all the
ByOhSae-hoon
period.
collectionsfromanewpointofview.
inJune.
the Greek mythology. Once upon a time,
beautifulstarsinthesky.Onethingobvious
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Ifyoustepintothesecondzonethereyou
Old collections to early cigarette packs
The museum is surely a place where
Callisto, the female servant of Artemis, the
is that they will always be mysterious in
moon goddess, lived in Arcadia. She was
some ways to the people. The myths they
goodathuntingaswellasaman.Sadly,she
carry, the scientific facts on their formation
was punished from Hera, the wife of Zeus,
and the starry appearance themselves is
for receiving love from the mighty god,
enough to sing along to the old song of
Zeus.CallistohadgivenbirthtoZeus’child.
“Twinkle twinkle little star! how I wonder
Thusshewastransformedintoabear.Since
whatyouare.”
Museumawakeningculturalnostalgiaforpeople
Callisto was a bear, she had to get away
fromherownkid,Arcas.WhenArcasgrew
ByChoHyun-min
up, he became a hunter also. Having seen
AssociateEditorofCultureSection
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OhSae-hoon/TheArgus
ell it was built as a new kind of
collection, and education. They help out in
What do you think is the role of the
herson,andunconsciousofthefactthatshe
museum, comparing to other old
planning exhibits and changing the relics
museum in showing Seoul’s past and
museums. We can call it the “City History
periodically.Finallyafterstrictstandardsand
present?
museum”.It’smeaningistolookbackatour
planningtherelicsaredisplayed.
The museum shows the past and present
citywherewelivein,tohaveknowledgeof
of Seoul at the moment but we are also
the things we have not recognized of our
How were the valuable remains
planning on showing the vision of Seoul.
residence. Usually people are not aware of
acquiredinthemuseum?
Theexistingremainsaretoooldandalsotoo
thehistoricalimportanceofourlivingsite.
Many of the relics were donated by
muchpastattachedsothemuseumplansto
Newdevelopments
citizens who wished the museum to be a
collect more new remains and new
What are the standards in exhibiting
place where people could enjoy seeing the
information. Although the museum’s
thesubjectsthatarepickedtodisplay?
historyofourpast.Wereceivedalotofhelp
purpose is to show various parts of Seoul,
There are always meetings to decide the
fromthecitizens.Wealsohaveaexhibition
thedataisdeficientincomparisonwithother
aroundtheworld
exhibition theme. We always keep contact
hall for donated collections where we
museums.Soatthepresentwearedoingour
with professors, and experts on the field of
display the donated pieces apart from the
best to collect as much items as we can of
HongSeungju
history. When we design the exhibits,
otherhalls.
Seoul’shistory.
AcuratorofSeoulMuseumofHistory
Stamp-size Chip Maintains Secrets
outside sources do an important role in our
Donations in this hall were made by 102
itiseasytotravelintothefuture.Whenyou
decision. Consulting is always a must do.
donators. The donations include books and
Forever
move as fast as light, you can experience
ByOhSae-hoon
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What kind of purpose does the Seoul
The curators in the museum work in five
old documents also scientific collections,
e are reminded everyday that we
time passing slower than its usual. You are
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Museumofhistoryhave?
teams; research, conservation, exhibition,
paintingsandmanymore.
really are in the information-based
said to be traveling forward in time. But
society when we realize how fast the news
travelingintothepastisstilltrickier.Thorne
on the Internet is updated and how rapidly
hasbeenstudyingwormholes,whichusedto
the world is changing. The increasing
beconsideredfictionalstructures.
interestininformationleadstoaninevitable
The wormhole offers a shortcut between
concern for cryptography. The more
two separated points. Moreover, Thorne
importantinformationis,themoreattention
found it to be a device for time travel.
is paid to its security. Strategies for
Puttingoneofitsmouthsclosetoaneutron
Koreanastronomystartsitsadvance
cryptography rely on so-called “one-way
star can make time different between the
functions,”whichareeasytoconductinone
ends of the wormhole. The wormhole can
direction,buttoohardtocomputetheother
offer time travel into the future as well as
A
stronomy is one field of natural
astronomers exchange the results of their
have a job in the
wayaround.
into the past. If you pass through the
science which deals with the
research since the members started the
fields of science and
However,withtheincreaseofprocessing
wormholeinonedirection,youcangotothe
constitution,motions,relativepositionsand
Scientific Conference which is held every
engineering. The
speedsofcomputers,itmightbepossibleto
future, and if you go through it in the
sizesofcelestialbodiesaswellastheearth
springandautumnsince1965.TheKorean
society has held the
computeintheotherdirectionaswell.
opposite direction, you can travel back into
in its relation to them. You probably
Astronomical Society finally became a
festival since last
Ravikanth Pappu of the Center for Bits
the past. The one restriction is that it is
already know that the universe is big, but
member
of
“The
International
year.
andAtomsattheMassachusettsInstituteof
impossibletotravelbeforethetimewhenthe
mostpeopledonotrealizehowbigitreally
Astronomical Union (IAU),” which has
It also has plans to
Technology and his colleagues present a
wormholewasfirstbuilt.
is.Manyastronomyclassesstartoffwitha
played a pivotal role in promoting and
introduce astronomy
newapproachtocryptographythatisnearly
SleepIncreasesLearningPotential
touroftheuniversebasedontheexcellent
coordinating worldwide cooperation in
inaregionwhereitis
impossible to go in reverse. The basic
shortfilmcalledPowersofTenbyCharles
astronomy, since 1973. In the summer of
almost unknown to
conceptisthatinsteadofusingmathematics
Most students might have had the
andRayEames.Thefilmstartswithaman
1996, The Korean Astronomical Society
include Jeju and
for the one-way function, a method which
experience of worrying whether to study
andwomaninacityparkandthenexpands
successfully held the IAU Asia - Pacific
Ullung islands. This
scatters light in a certain way using stamp-
moreortogotosleepontheverylastnight
the field of view by ten times every ten
Area Scientific Conference, and made the
willstartthissummer
size plastic chips is used. The resulting
beforeanexam.HereistheanswersleepIt
seconds until it reaches the bounds of the
popularityoftheKoreanastronomyhigher.
inJejuIslandwiththe
interference pattern, due to the passing of
getsridoffatigue,butthereisabitmoreto
observableuniverse.Afterzoomingbackto
After the start of 21st century, many
help of the “Korean
light through an epoxy chip, is projected
it. Sara C. Mednick of Harvard University
themanandwomaninthepark,thefieldof
programsarosetopopularizeastronomy.It
A s t r o n o m y
ontoatwo-dimensionalgrid,andaccording
andherresearchteampresentedanewpoint
view is reduced by ten times every ten
wasthenthatsocietybecameinterestednot
Observatory,” after
totheintensityoflight,anencryptionkeyis
ofviewonsleeping.Mednickhasfoundthat
secondsuntiloneprotoninacarbonatom
onlyinlearningastronomy,butalsointhe
the spring scientific
made. “Remembering that information is
repeatedeffortstodistinguishavisualshape
intheman’shandfillsthescreen.Thefilm
popularizationofit.Oneoftheseprograms
conference at Yonsei University, on April
interesting information to be learned. He
physical often allows us to do things in
leads to a decrease of efficiency, but a 30-
is longer than one might first expect,
is the Astronomy Olympiad, which has
18 and 19. We as college students can
also says that the universe one knows and
surprisingwaysthatcouldnotbedoneusing
minute nap between attempts not only
because it covers all the basics of
beenheldsince2001.
always participate in these plans. If
seesisonlyatipofaniceberg,because,as
digitalsystemsalone,”Pappunotes.
prevents such a decrease but also increases
astronomy, which is quite a lot of
The purpose of this Olympiad is to
interested, one can join this society after
ahumanbeing,onecanonlyseetheoptical
Inadditiontothedifficultiesofdecoding,
theabilitytodiscern.
information.Astronomy,withitsrelationto
introduce astronomy to the public. It also
attaining a simple recommendation from
aspectsofastronomybutnototheraspects.
scientistsfirmlybelievethattheplasticchip
The result of her research could make
astrologyandtheinventionofthecalendar,
allows high school and middle school
oneoftheregularmembers.
Andthesethingsarewhatwewanttogetto
is extremely difficult to forge by current
significant differences in the old ideas we
istheearliestformofnaturalscience.
students to learn more about astronomy,
As the general secretary of the Korean
everyone on the earth. As he said, the
manufacturingmethods.
havehadaboutsleeping.Theoneimportant
This wide and deep area of science has
which they do not learn from school. The
Astronomical SocietyChung, Hyun-soo
universe is a time machine for us. If only
thing about the research is that rest at the
HowtoBuildaTimeMachine
beenstudiedinKoreaformanyyears.One
thirdAstronomyOlympiadwillbeheldin
said, “It is always open to the college
we were to take interest in this area, the
same interval will not help to increase the
of the most active and well-known
SeoulinJuly.
students.” It could be a good opportunity
popularity of Korean astronomy will be
Peoplemayhaveadreamoftravellingin
ability to discern. Thus, simple rest cannot
institutes in this area is “The Korean
Another popularization project of the
forustogainabetterunderstandingofour
spreadwidelythroughouttheworld.
time to their past or future. Now, those
replacetheeffectsofsleep.
Astronomical Society.” It was established
KoreanAstronomicalSocietyistakingpart
surroundings.Healsostatedthatwhenever
dreams can come true. Kip S. Thorne and
in 1965 with 20 people. But now, it has
in the Korean Science Festival, and
we look at the stars above our heads, we
his co-workers at the California Institute of
ByKimMin-suk
over600individualmembers.Thissociety
showingtheyoungergenerationswhattheir
should recognize they are the same stars
Technology present a new possibility for
AssociateEditorofCultureSection
became the place where the country’s
future might look like if they had were to
from millions of years ago. There is such
timetravel.
ByKimKyung-ryun
Based on Einstein’s theories of relativity,
TheKAISTHeraldJuniorReporter

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