Past Exhibit

The year 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Simak Collection. In this meaningful year, Seoul National University Central Library is hosting "As High and Steadfast as a Mountain: Memorial Exhibition on the Eminent Korean Linguist, Lee Sung-nyong" to showcase the vastness and significance of the Simak Collection. The exhibition features over 120 carefully selected treasures, including rare books, handwritten manuscripts, maps, paintings, calligraphy, and wooden plaques. Notably, it includes the Lotus Sutra (묘법연화경), for which a national treasure designation has been requested this year. Through this exhibition, which highlights the essence of the Simak Collection, we aim to celebrate the academic traditions of Gwanak and share the beauty of the documentary heritage housed in the Central Library.

To commemorate the 90th anniversary of Yi Sang's Ogamdo (烏瞰圖), Seoul National University Central Library held an exhibition on rare books related to Yi Sang from December 9, 2024, to January 31, 2025. The exhibition, held in the Rare and Old Book Collection on the 6th floor of the Central Library’s main building, featured various materials showcasing different aspects of Yi Sang. These included his early poems written in Japanese, Joseon Art Exhibition Catalog (조선미술전람회도록) which highlights his artistic side, Joseon and Architecture (조선과 건축) for which he designed the cover, and Keijō High Technical School Yearbook (경성고등공업학교 일람) which provides insights into his high school years.

Seoul National University Central Library held the "Freshman Ascent Exhibition (飛上展) - Poems and Novels We Love, The Literature of SNU" from March 14 to May 19, 2023, at the Kwanjeong Maru (1F Kwanjeong Building). This exhibition aimed to support the university life of new students and to widely promote the value of the library's collection.

The year 2023 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Individual Collections at the Seoul National University Central Library. In this meaningful year, the library received a donation of 1,654 volumes meticulously collected over a lifetime by Professor Kwon Young-min. To commemorate this occasion and to highlight the bibliographic significance of both the 70-year history of personal collections and the Kwon Young-min Collection, Seoul National University Central Library organized this exhibition.