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Hanbok week at Hannam University’s museum in Daejeon, Oct. 19–25

Published Oct 12, 2026

Hannam University Central Museum in Daejeon holds a Hanbok Culture Week programme from 19 to 25 October 2026, with an exhibition of dangui, a Joseon-era women’s ceremonial jacket, specialist talks, hanbok try-ons and knotted-keyring workshops. Its generative-AI design contest closes earlier, on 15 October.

The programme

The programme, titled ‘한복, 선(線)을 넘다’, a play on the lines of hanbok and the idea of crossing a line, runs from 19 to 25 October 2026 at Hannam University Central Museum. It looks beyond colour and silhouette to details such as hem length, cuffs and side openings that reveal how a garment was used.

Exhibitions, talks, a workshop and a design contest are linked as looking, reading, knotting and drawing. The university says the programme is open to everyone, including Daejeon residents and international students.

Models on stage wearing dangui jackets and long skirts

The dangui exhibition

The exhibition focuses on dangui. The National Folk Museum of Korea describes it as a ceremonial upper garment worn by Joseon-period women on less elaborate formal occasions, including court ceremonies. It is longer than an ordinary jeogori jacket, with open sides, a rounded hem and white trim at the cuffs.

The exhibition shows how materials and construction varied by season and how those choices affect line and colour. The archival photographs accompanying this article illustrate dress traditions and are not objects in the exhibition.

Exhibition and talks

The exhibition is in the Traditional Life Room of the Central Museum, on the fourth floor of Insarye Liberal Arts Building (campus building 11), 70 Hannam-ro, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon. The Korea Craft & Design Foundation’s daily schedule lists 14:00–18:00 on 19 October and 09:00–18:00 from 20 to 25 October.

Specialist talks on the garments’ form and design take place in the third-floor experience education room on 20 October, 14:00–15:00; 22 October, 15:00–16:00; and 24 October, 14:00–15:00. The wider programme also includes trying on hanbok and having an instant photograph taken.

A braided hairstyle with floral decoration and a long embroidered daenggi ribbon, above a hanbok jacket.

Keyring workshop and registration

A keyring-making workshop using traditional knots runs from 14:00 to 15:00 on 21, 22 and 23 October in the third-floor experience education room.

Weekday exhibition visits need no application. Weekend exhibition visits, talks and workshops require registration by the day before the chosen session. The museum’s official form asks for a name, affiliation, contact number and programme choice. Visitors may join more than one programme but must register for each session separately.

Colourful maedeup knot ornaments on a round tray

AI design contest

The generative-AI design contest, ‘내일의 선을 그리다’ (‘Drawing Tomorrow’s Lines’), closes on 15 October, before the culture week begins. The notice does not give a closing hour.

Anyone able to use generative AI may enter individually or as a team, with one work per person or team. Entries can reinterpret dangui as everyday hanbok or use traditional dress, accessories and motifs in cultural products.

Entry requirements and prizes

Entries must be printable JPG or PNG files in a vertical 3:1 ratio, corresponding to 180 cm high by 60 cm wide. Entrants submit the image, title and explanation, the name of the generative AI model and the main prompts, with their name, affiliation and contact details in the email. Entries go to bakmul@hnu.kr with the subject ‘디자인콘테스트 지원_’ followed by the entrant’s name.

First-round results will be sent individually on 17 October, and ten selected works will be printed and exhibited. Experts and visitors will judge the final awards, with winners notified individually after 25 October. Prizes are one KRW 200,000 top award, two KRW 100,000 awards and two KRW 50,000 awards.

Enquiries and international visitors

International students are explicitly welcome, but the published information does not say whether interpretation is available or whether the Korean application form accepts overseas phone numbers. The notices also do not list class fees, material costs, capacities or remaining places.

Enquiries: 042-629-7696 or 042-629-7697; from outside Korea, +82-42-629-7696 or +82-42-629-7697; email bakmul@hnu.kr. Enquiry hours are weekdays 09:00–18:00, excluding 12:00–13:00. All times are Korea Standard Time.

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대전광역시 대덕구 한남로 70, 인사례교양동(11번 건물)

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Source hannam.ac.kr Checked 2026.10.12 17:52

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hannam.ac.kr ↗bakmul.hannam.ac.kr ↗bakmul.hannam.ac.kr ↗kcdf.or.kr ↗docs.google.com ↗National Folk Museum of Korea · Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture, Dangui ↗Korea Tourism Organization · Changdeokgung Palace · NaUOTz · archival photo attribution ↗Korea Tourism Organization · Changdeokgung Palace · 51WJaw · archival photo attribution ↗KOGL ↗

Photo credit

Hanbok photographed at Changdeokgung Palace, Seoul, in May 2025. An archival example of hanbok, not a dangui confirmed for Hannam’s exhibition or a scene from the 2026 event. ⓒKorea Tourism Organization - Seo Munkyo, “Changdeokgung Palace” (2025-05), KOGL Type 1 / 공공누리 제1유형. 8:5 crop mainly removes upper background; principal subjects and watermark retained; JPEG re-encoded. Original: https://phoko.visitkorea.or.kr/media/mediaList.kto?searchGbn=cntntsId&cntntsId=NaUOTz