"Visited by XX": Graffiti Scratched Across National Museum of Korea

The National Museum of Korea is enjoying surging popularity, but it is currently grappling with a headache caused by acts of vandalism.

Yes, phrases such as "Visited by ○○," along with numerous heart and smiley face graffiti, were recently discovered on the walls of the Uigwe Gallery on the second floor of the museum's permanent exhibition hall.

The name of a middle school and a specific individual's name were even left clearly visible.

Although the museum attempted to remove the graffiti, it was reportedly carved deep into the wall, leaving lingering marks.

The problem is that scratch marks made with pencils and ballpoint pens have also been discovered in other exhibition areas.

While the museum restricts the bringing in of writing instruments and provides advance etiquette training guidelines to group visitors, there are limits to fully controlling such a vast exhibition space.

In the end, the museum decided to repaint the entire exhibition rooms in line with its regular closure day in December.

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