More than 10,000 works of Korean art make up the Horim Museum's collection, and ceramics dominate it. It holds over 3,000 pieces of earthenware, some 2,100 porcelains, 1,100 celadons and 500 pieces of buncheong, a Korean stoneware decorated with white slip. Alongside these are around 2,000 paintings and 400 works of metal art.
The museum's building in Sillim-dong, Gwanak District, covers about 4,600 square metres. It is arranged around four main galleries devoted to archaeology, ceramics, metal art, and painting and books, together with a special gallery.
The collection began as a private project. Yun Jang-seob set up the Sungbo Cultural Foundation in July 1981 to buy antiquities, and in October 1982 he opened the museum on a single leased floor of a building in Daechi-dong, Gangnam District. It moved to its larger Sillim-dong home in May 1999. The size of its ceramic holdings makes it particularly suited to visitors with an interest in Korean pottery.
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