The value of tradition and folklore can not only highlight the worth of old things,
but rather be newly accepted in the process of ‘strangely’ looking. In case of folklore
museum, it’s an important role to display various aspects of folk arts through the
exhibition. Above all, the step of composing and disposing exhibits is the most
significant, because it can be changeable depending on the establishment principles of
each museum.
Nevertheless, we usually find out likeness among exhibitions of folklore museums.
The reason why we feel somewhat overlapped in different folklore museums is that
exhibit compositions of these museums mostly focus on usage of folk arts as well as
based on interpretative exhibition.
In accordance with this problem, this paper pays attention to Onyang folk museum
as a representative case which have tried to display old things such like tradition and
folklore in a new light. This museum suggests that beyond the basic functions of
museum like research and preservation, exhibition in itself creates the opportunity to
interact between folklore and audience.
The creative approach of Onyang folk museum can satisfy the needs of
contemporary audience furthermore provide new angles associated with communication
function of museum exhibition.