The Korea PIivate Art Museums Association established in ]anualy 2005 for the materialization with the
mission statement of att culture development in the nation through advancement of alt museum activities,
and with that of alt museum promotion tlu'ough providing people witl1 culture enjoyment. 1t has being
attempted to organize the national and international conferences of academic research and seminars, to
perf0l111 foreign alt museum research and COI1U11Unication business, to pelform sUlvey ancl research on tl1e
art museum policies and research works, to take research counselling on alt museum management
needful, to organize alt museum festival, to publish tl1e books on research project, to establish tl1e alt
museum collaboration network among the national, tl1e autonomous, tl1e plivate aπ museums Association,
to perform tl1e alt museum education business, alt museum personnel SUppOlt, to manage tl1e on-line
magazine, to distribute tl1e news letter, ancl to perfolID so many impoltant businesses
깐le plincipal ac디vities and achievement are largely categorized into five sections: culture & alt festival,
personnel suppoπ, lecture business, culture & alt program suppO!t, ancl publicity & publishing business.
Besicle, the outsiders such as tl1e relatecl 01' not institution and association have being supportecl or
entrusted us with the LottelY Funcl Business and tl1e various SUppOlt businesses such as curatorial staff
support business, educational staff SUppOlt business, etc.
The hot 잉sues which at'e faced Witl1 the private aπ museum 띠 tl1e nation are the ctiff?culties of fmance and
personnel η1e fmance clifficulty of the att museums in tl1e nation has been brought about tl1e bacl circulation
connected the difficulty of art museum personne1. Paltic띠arly, the social atmosphere ino'easing tl1e neecls of
culture enjoyment as 5days labour in a week is executecl, the role of att musel.Un has being enlarged. Hence,
tl1e Korea Private Att MuseLun Association can not more to neglect because the fmancial difficulty of the
plivate att museum is not the problem of its own.
The target assignments of support policy which are proceeded by tl1e Korea Private Att Museum
Association are as followecl : practising tl1e professional p。이 of the alt museums, introclucing the new
personnel recruit system witl1 a recol1U11endation by tl1e former museum, institutional enforcement of
curatorial qualification system, improving conuTIunication among art museum professionals ancl the
education or training in service, performance of campaingn for the making better image and acknowledge
of the private art museum, establishment of the academy of art museum professionals, and establishment
of the institution for art museum policy.