Recently, the operation of university museums’ has shifted to focus more on offering exhibitions and direct learning experiences. That is, the museum culture has moved away from providing passive experiences such as simple audio tours to offering more interactive experiences where visitors could directly participate. Kunsan National University Museum develops and offers educational programs using valuable local cultural heritages that are unique to Kunsan. ‘Wishing Boat Crafting’ program is valuable not only because it represents how a cultural infrastructure like a university museum can become a part of the society, but also because it connects the current and future generations through excavating historically and culturally significant heritages. To serve the society, Kunsan National University Museum has pondered a way to pass down our valuable local cultural heritages for future generations and arrived at ‘Wishing Boat Crafting’ as an answer. Inspired by the West Coast Pungeoje rite, ‘Wishing Boat Crafting’ program has been implemented and achieved many significant results. Development and operations of educational programs such as ‘Wishing Boat Crafting’ should take deep roots in our society, but budgetary and manpower constraints of university museums remain a major burden to overcome. In addition, the importance of systematic cooperation among museums, educational institutions, local governments and other crucial players within societies cannot be overstated. Each institution must put in its best effort to preserve, utilize, and pass on the local cultural heritages.