This museum is a representative city art museum of Busan. It is located in the Haeundae Centum district of the city. The museum was built on a 27,191 m² site when the main
museum opened in 1998, followed by the Space Lee Ufan, which opened in 2015 as an annex, and an Outdoor Sculpture Park. The main building is 21,425m²s in area with 2 stories underground and 3 stories above ground. The Space Lee Ufan is 1,400 m² in area with 1 story underground and 2 stories above ground. There is a large lobby space in the main
building of the museum, and there are also various facilities such as an office hall, children’s gallery, special exhibition hall, donated collections, art information center and library and lecture hall. In the Space Lee Ufan, there are a series of works <Relatum> by Lee Woo Hwan, who was a leader of the art scene in Japan and Korea in the 1960s-70s. The special exhibition hall includes exhibitions of <Staging Film>, which is adapted to the characteristics of the movie, <The 100th Anniversary of Korean Modern Master Yoo Young Kuk>,
<Metropolis of Desire>, <Vision & Perspective 1999-2017>, and children's gallery experience program <Honorary Ambassadors from Israel>. In particular, the <Undisclosed Door>
exhibition, which those who are blind can experience and feel, is a popular multisensory experience project that is held together with a concert to listen, touch, and experience
with the eyes, ears and hands. Civic lectures on art, food culture, fashion, movies, and urban environmental aesthetics are also popular here.
The Busan Museum of Art is currently leading the concept of “Busan, a global maritime culture capital” by signing MOUs with “Busan English Broadcasting” and “Busan Cinema
Center”.