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Sejong Center
175 Sejong-daero
Jongno-gu, Seoul
tel: 1544-1887     
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Started with Unam Hall in 1961, Sejong Center opened on Arpil 14, 1978 in successiong to Civil Hall which was destructed by fire. 

Sejong Center was the gateway of Korean performing art and only way of international performing art as one of the world's ten best performance stages. In 1970s~1980s, the center had been cradle of Korean pure art.

As a live history of Korean performing art and a space of memory for ar-loving people as well as a culture and art institute representing Korea, Sejong Center which has maintained its reputation for the past 20 years started as a form of foundation in 1999 to take an anotehr leap toward the 21st century. 

The launch of Sejong Center is a sign of activation of private culture and art emphasized by creativity and self-reliance and at the same time the first step toward the globalization of Korean culture and art.

 

 

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