The National Hangeul Museum under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on March 23 that it will co-host an exhibition titled "100 Years of Modern and Contemporary Korean History: Figures Who Illuminated Hangeul" with the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History to mark 2026 as the "Year of Hangeul."
The exhibition runs from March 23 through January 25, 2027, on the first floor of the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in Jongno-gu, Seoul. It introduces, on a monthly basis, individuals who dedicated themselves to preserving, promoting, and enriching Hangeul culture.
According to the National Hangeul Museum, the history of today's Hangeul Day began on November 4, 1926 (September 29 on the lunar calendar), when the Korean Language Research Society — later renamed the Korean Language Society and now the Hangeul Society — commemorated the 480th anniversary of the promulgation of Hunminjeongeum by celebrating "Gagya Day." On that same day, Park Du-seong, often called the King Sejong for the visually impaired, unveiled "Hunmaengjeongeum," a Hangeul Braille system.
