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Tag: Korean Cultural Museum
  • Koreatown Museum Bridges the Cultural Gap for Americans, Koreans

    Koreatown Museum Bridges the Cultural Gap for Americans, Koreans

    Karen Madsen leaned over the glass case, peering with great interest at the assortment of colorful knots; clumps of jewel-colored tassels all consisting of a single, long thread. As she considered the traditional Korean knots, called norigae, Robert Turley explained the knots’ incredible value as artifacts that were difficult to come by and owned only…