In modern times, the stability of the ecosystem is being threatened, and the material cycling system is being damaged due to climate change and water pollution caused by human activities. To protect animals, plants, and humans on Earth, it is very important to predict disasters in advance and study ecosystem responses. Understanding the lives and reactions of past organisms is also very helpful for predicting the future. Furthermore, it provides clues to solving major issues such as climate change, food security, new drug development, and diseases. To this end, the museum helps interested people through exhibitions, education, and research. These activities form part of the social functions and roles of the natural history museum, where we seek ways to understand and conserve nature's complex systems better.

Our museum has 54,000 specimens, and we will continue to collect them. Each specimen helps us understand past changes in Earth's environment, the evolution of animals and plants, and provides insights for predicting the future of Earth. Since our opening, the museum has shared information on the creation of Earth, origin of life, creation and differentiation of species, and diversity and conservation with 6.2 million visitors.

Museum curators, staff, docents, and volunteers share their knowledge with visitors through permanent exhibitions, special exhibitions, and various educational programs. Such knowledge and information will enable children and teenagers to dream; for adults, it will provide knowledge to understand Earth's environment and life.

Seodaemun Museum of Natural History is Korea’s first public natural history museum opened in 2003. We will gradually expand the museum's scope of work beyond serving as a home for local residents, so that it can be shared with the entire nation. Your active participation and activities are also needed, and we ask for your continued interest.

I hope that, after visiting the museum, you will feel inspired and dream of becoming a great scholar who will benefit humanity in the natural science fields such as ecology, evolution, climatology, paleontology, and earth science. We will continue to cultivate these intangible values at our museum.

Thank you.