The Kim Hwan-tae Literature Museum in Muju announces the 2026 special exhibition 'Modern Storybooks Become Bestsellers' from May 29 to December 31 in its first-floor special exhibition room. The show focuses on ttakjibon, small, brightly covered popular storybooks. According to the museum, their accessible Korean text, short length and compact format helped them find readers from the 1920s through the 1960s.
The exhibition introduces several genres, including heroic and historical classics, tragic love stories and stories that feature Muju. Its official description also mentions a hands-on activity for decorating a reproduction ttakjibon cover with stickers. Visitors familiar with webtoons and web novels can use the exhibition to consider how older formats reached popular audiences.
The museum's shared visitor guide lists opening hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on open days, last entry at 5:30 p.m., and free admission. It normally closes on Mondays; when Monday is a public holiday, it instead closes the following day. New Year's Day and the day of major traditional holidays are also closure days. The address is 15 Choebuk-ro, Muju-eup, Muju-gun, Jeonbuk State. The exhibition page does not specify whether the cover activity is always available or requires registration, so check before traveling. A weekday printed beside the closing date on the official exhibition page conflicts with the calendar; this article therefore uses the verified date only.