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- Apr. 25th
- Jeongok Prehistory Museum Opened
- Sep. 26th
- Gyeonggi Children's Museum Opened

- Jan. 28th
- Namhansanseong Tentative List of UNESCO listing
- Oct. 15th
- Gyeonggi Children's Museum Completed
- Oct. 24th
- Namhansanseong Fortress Completed

- Feb. 26th
- Groundbreaking ceremony for the Children’s Museum
- March 23rd
- Groundbreaking ceremony for the Jeongok Prehistoric Museum
- Oct. 23rd
- Silhak Museum opened
- Oct. 29th
- Gyeonggi Creation Center opened

- March 1st
- Integration of museums and art museums
(Gyeonggi Provincial Museum, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Nam June
Paik Art Center, Museum of Joseon Kiln)
- March 1st
- Office reorganization: One office (two offices, six teams), one hall (two
offices), four buildings (four offices, four teams)
- April 30th
- Completion of Nam June Paik Art Center
- July 14th
- Establishment of the research and support center for the Gyeonggi Ceramic
Museum
- Aug. 12th
- Gijeon Institute of Cultural Properties renamed to “Gyeonggi Institute of Cultural
Properties,” and Museum of Joseon Kiln to “Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum”
- Oct. 8th
- Nam June Paik Art Center established, and Nam June Paik Festival held (Oct.
8th, 2008 ~ Feb. 5th, 2009)
- Oct. 30th
- Culture magazine “Gyeonggi Culture Naru” published

- Feb. 1st
- Office reorganization (one business department, six teams / one center, two
rooms)
- July 2nd
- Kwon Young-bin inaugurated as the third President of the Foundation
- July 4th
- Changed CI of the Foundation

- July 1st
- Kim Moon-su inaugurated as the sixth Director
- Sept. 1st
- Lee Geung-hee inaugurated as the 2nd President of the Foundation

- Feb. 23rd
- Change of address for the Gijeon Institute of Cultural Properties
Former address : 2-6 Jangan-dong, Jangan-gu, Paldal-gu, Suwon City
Present address : 1116-1, Ingye-dong, Paldal-gu, Suwon City

- Sept. 10th
- Established the executive office for the International Peace Festival

- March 7th
- Branch office established in the northern part of Gyeonggi province
- Dec. 30th
- English name changed from Kyonggi Cultural Foundation to Gyeonggi Cultural
Foundation

- June 2nd
- Established “Gijeon Culture College,” an affiliated foundation
- June 14th
- Foundation flag and logo regulations enacted
- June 14th
- Personnel reorganized into teams
- July 1st
- Son Hak-gyu inaugurated as the fifth Chairman
- Sept. 12th
- “Director” changed to “President” following changes in the Articles of Incorpo-
ration
- Sept. 13th
- 13th Song Tae-ho inaugurated as the first President of the Foundation

- June 29th
- Change of address for the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation
Former address : 2-6 Jangan-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon City
Present address : 1116-1 Ingye-dong, Paldal-gu, Suwon City

- Jan. 21st
- Paik Seong-woon inaugurated as the third Chairman
- March 27th
- Lim Chang-ryeol inaugurated as the fourth Chairman
- March 27th
- Gijeon Institute of Buried Cultural Properties renamed as the Gijeon Institute of
Cultural Properties
- July 13th
- Hong Gi-hyeon inaugurated as the third Director

- April 1st
- Established the affiliated foundation, Gijeon Institute of Buried Cultural Properties
- May 7th
- The quarterly renamed to “Gijeon Culture and Arts”

- Feb. 27th
- Revised regulations on the publication of the quarterly “Gyeonggi Culture and
Arts”
- Sept. 22nd
- Kwon Oh-jang inaugurated as the second chairman
- Dec. 12th
- Established the ground for the Gijeon Institute of Buried Cultural Properties

- April 30th
- Registered as a corporation
- July 3rd
- Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation established
- July 3rd
- Lim Soo-bok inaugurated as the first chairman
- Dec. 31st
- Completed organization of the office and fixed the number of personnel