Jo Jeong-rae Arirang Literature Museum

Arirang Literature Museum, which opened in May 2003, is a place where you can examine the history of Gimje through Jo Jeong-rae's novel 『Arirang』. The novel Arirang is evaluated as a literary work and history that depicts the suffering and resistance of the common people who were forced to disperse around the world due to exploitation during the 40-odd years of Japanese colonial rule.
Upon entering the first floor of the Literature Museum, the handwritten manuscripts of Arirang, which the author wrote over five years, are piled high, and visual and video materials of Arirang are on display.
The Arirang Literature Museum consists of three permanent exhibition halls. In Exhibition Hall 1, the arduous great journey of the protagonists of Arirang is presented with visual materials along with the plot of each part. Exhibition Hall 2 displays the author's life seen through photographs, daily necessities used during research, and research notebooks and data notes densely organized following the creative process. In Exhibition Hall 3, visitors can examine the author and his surroundings through family photos and cherished items, and it is a place where one can feel the many facets of Jo Jung-rae as a human being, not just as an author.