By Seo Dong-shin
Staff Reporter
People who are not directly involved with or interested in art seldom visit art museums. But in May, responsible parents may feel compelled to take their children to a museum because of the Museum Festival.
A total of 29 private art museums across the country will take part in the annual festival, which was inaugurated last year by the Korean Art Museum Association. Seoul has 10 such museums; Kyonggi Province, eight; Chungchong Provinces, seven; Cholla Provinces, three; and Kyongsang Provinces, one.
``For this festival, private art museums across the country hold customized exhibitions that best fits each museum's character, and enhance their educational function by providing programs related to those exhibitions,'' the association said in a statement.