The Kansong Art Museum is Korea’s first private museum which opened in 1938. The museum houses traditional paintings and calligraphic works which legendary art collector Kansong Chun Hyung-pil brought together during his lifetime. He had spent his own money to purchase cultural artifacts, which even the government couldn’t keep safe during the Japanese colonial regime and the Korean War. Overseeing the extensive collection and the Center for Korean National Arts affiliated with the museum is Choi Wan-soo, a steward of Korean traditional art. Now 74 years old, Choi Wan-soo had supervised the exhibitions on one of Joseon's most famed painter Gyeomjae Jeong Seon's paintings and esteemed calligrapher Chusa Kim Jeong-hee over the years and now planning a show about Joseon's royal tombs, the epitome of Joseon culture and arts. Choi says Korean people are entitled to feel proud of Korean heritage and must band together to preserve all Korean cultural properties regardless of their quality of importance.