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Songgwangmae Memorial Museum

museum in Daegu, South Korea

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 7, 2025
Entity authorityQ7561265 ↗
Source-derived summary

Songgwangmae Memorial Museum (aka Songgwang Maewon, Korean: 송광매기념관) is a museum located in Dong district, Daegu, South Korea.

The museum's collection is mainly artifacts connected with traditional arts and industry in Korea. The founders of museum were Kwon Byeongtak and Song Suhee. The establishment of the museum was approved in March 2002.

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The public source identifies “Songgwangmae Memorial Museum” as museum in Daegu, South Korea. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Songgwangmae, Memorial and Museum.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2002. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Songgwangmae, Memorial and Museum providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 7, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7561265. Authority coordinates are 35.998, 128.614. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2002.

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This entry incorporates text from “Songgwangmae Memorial Museum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.