| Presseum | |||||||||
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| Established: | 15 December 2000 | ||||||||
| Type: | newspaper museum | ||||||||
| Collection: | 5000 pieces | ||||||||
| Website: | presseum.or.kr | ||||||||
The Presseum is the only newspaper museum of South Korea, situated on Sejongno, in Jongno District, central of Seoul. The museum was established and is operated by The Dong-a Ilbo, one of the four major newspaper companies of South Korea. Presseum is a compound word to denote "press" and "museum" which represents its character as a newspaper museum.[1] Presseum is located on the third and fourth floors of the Dong-a Media Center and consists of three exhibition rooms; "Newspaper Hall", "Special Exhibition Hall" and "Media Education Hall".[2] [3]