Early Printing Museum of Cheongju has been opened since March 17, 2002 at Heungdeok Temple site where the oldest metal type printing, BaekunHwasangChorokBuljoSimcheYojol, was made.

This museum specializes in early printings and advertises that Korean ancestors invented and developed metal printing types. And it is used for educational purposes like delivering ancestors’ great achievement and studying the Korean history of printing culture development. And I promise the Early Printing Museum of Cheongju will establish the status of our ancestors’ printing culture in the world and play an important role by databanking Jikji for human public interest, holding workshops on international registered legacy, and researching with the world-famous printing museums in Germany and China, etc.

Jikji, the oldest existing book printed with metal printing types, was published in Cheongju city in 1377 which was 78 years earlier than German inventor Gutenberg’s printing. Jikji, a worldwide cultural heritage, is currently the France National Library’s collection.

We hope our newly-built Jikji Cyber Museum will help you to understand Jikji and Korea’s early printing culture to contribute to Cheongju city’s cultural development.

Thank you.

866 Uncheon-dong, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju city, Chungbuk Province, Republic of Korea

Tel : +82-43-201-4266

http://cheongju.go.kr/app3/jikjiworld/content/eng_main/index.html