A Study on the Narrative Display Technique of the Underwater Archaeological Museum:
Focusing on Shipwrecks and Underwater Cultural Assets
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Title
A Study on the Narrative Display Technique of the Underwater Archaeological Museum:
Focusing on Shipwrecks and Underwater Cultural Assets
Focusing on Shipwrecks and Underwater Cultural Assets
Description
The underwater archeology museum mainly deals with archaeological and historical shipwrecks and artifacts from
ancient times to modern times as old as the history of marine activities of mankind, and has been operated with
the participation and efforts of many experts for a long time, from underwater excavation to preservation and
exhibition. Unlike general archaeological artifacts, underwater cultural properties require sufficient preservation
treatment, as they are in a waterlogged environment. In particular, shipwrecks, which are submerged timber
cultural assets, should be displayed in a sustainable manner while considering the preservation environment, and
there is a need to explore how to effectively introduce the remaining hulls to visitors.
The museum's exhibition can be said to be a fact-based narrative realization activity. In particular, a
shipwreck that sank at a specific time has a narrative like a ‘time capsule’. In order to examine the narrative display
techniques of underwater archaeological museums, this study is conducted as follows: 1) analyzing the shipwreck
exhibition cases in Korea and the world to organize the differences of other maritime museums, 2) identifying
convergence characteristics such as viewing environment-preservation-restoration strategies, tasks, and issues for
effective exhibition of shipwrecks and underwater cultural properties, and presents exhibition directions, and 3)
suggesting an exhibition technique to effectively convey the ‘narrative’ and value of shipwrecks and underwater
cultural assets. From 1994 to the present, the author has been exhibiting several ancient shipwrecks at the Maritime
Artifacts Exhibition Hall of the National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage (NRIMCH), and has
tried various display techniques for them. This study is expected to be the data to think about how spatial curation,
which visualizes and spatializes 'time and space of the past' through encounters with convergent exhibition
techniques, is carried out.
ancient times to modern times as old as the history of marine activities of mankind, and has been operated with
the participation and efforts of many experts for a long time, from underwater excavation to preservation and
exhibition. Unlike general archaeological artifacts, underwater cultural properties require sufficient preservation
treatment, as they are in a waterlogged environment. In particular, shipwrecks, which are submerged timber
cultural assets, should be displayed in a sustainable manner while considering the preservation environment, and
there is a need to explore how to effectively introduce the remaining hulls to visitors.
The museum's exhibition can be said to be a fact-based narrative realization activity. In particular, a
shipwreck that sank at a specific time has a narrative like a ‘time capsule’. In order to examine the narrative display
techniques of underwater archaeological museums, this study is conducted as follows: 1) analyzing the shipwreck
exhibition cases in Korea and the world to organize the differences of other maritime museums, 2) identifying
convergence characteristics such as viewing environment-preservation-restoration strategies, tasks, and issues for
effective exhibition of shipwrecks and underwater cultural properties, and presents exhibition directions, and 3)
suggesting an exhibition technique to effectively convey the ‘narrative’ and value of shipwrecks and underwater
cultural assets. From 1994 to the present, the author has been exhibiting several ancient shipwrecks at the Maritime
Artifacts Exhibition Hall of the National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage (NRIMCH), and has
tried various display techniques for them. This study is expected to be the data to think about how spatial curation,
which visualizes and spatializes 'time and space of the past' through encounters with convergent exhibition
techniques, is carried out.
Creator
Ye-ree Park
Publisher
The Museum of Underwater Archaeology
Date
2023
Language
English
Bibliographic Citation
Park, Ye-ree. 2023. “A Study on the Narrative Display Technique of the Underwater Archaeological Museum: Focusing on Shipwrecks and Underwater Cultural Assets.” Edited by Jennifer Craig, Jay Mok, T. Kurt Knoerl, and Juhee Kim. In Proceedings of Fifth Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage: Gwangju, The Republic of Korea, November 13-18 2023. The Museum of Underwater Archaeology. URL: https://apconf.omeka.net/exhibits/show/apconfproceedings/item/1968
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Ye-ree Park, “A Study on the Narrative Display Technique of the Underwater Archaeological Museum:
Focusing on Shipwrecks and Underwater Cultural Assets,” Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage Proceedings, accessed February 10, 2026, https://apconf.omeka.net/items/show/1968.
Focusing on Shipwrecks and Underwater Cultural Assets,” Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage Proceedings, accessed February 10, 2026, https://apconf.omeka.net/items/show/1968.