The Ho-Am Art Museum is an art museum in Yongin

Yongin

Yongin is a major city in the Seoul National Capital Area, located in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. With a population of nearly 1 million, the city has developed abrutly since the 21st century, recording the highest population growth of any city in the country. Yongin is home to Everland and...

, Gyeonggi-do

Gyeonggi-do

Gyeonggi-do is the most populous province in South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Suwon. Seoul—South Korea's largest city and national capital—is located in the heart of the province, but has been separately administered as a provincial-level special city since 1946...

, South Korea

South Korea

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, approximately 40 km south of Seoul

Seoul

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It holds a number of traditional Korean paintings.

The museum was built in 1982 by Samsung

Samsung

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 and named after their former chairman, Lee Byung-chull. Ho-Am is his pen name which means filling up a space with clear water as lakes do, and being unshakeable as a large rock. It is located in the Everland Amusement Park. The museum includes a re-created Korean traditional garden, known as the Hee Won Garden.