Bium Museum (비움박물관)

Bium Museum is a public institutional museum in Korea dedicated to the cultural-historical heritage and contemporary practice of bium — a Korean concept of "emptiness" or "clearing space" that connects to Korean Buddhist-and-Confucian aesthetic traditions. The museum walks visitors through the cultural-and-philosophical concept of bium in Korean tradition, the technical-and-aesthetic practices that embody bium (in tea ceremony, calligraphy, painting, and other arts), and contemporary applications of bium in Korean design-and-cultural practice. Period works, contemporary pieces, and supporting interpretive context anchor the museum. Best for travelers seriously interested in Korean aesthetic-and-philosophical traditions.