The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) is launching a study to establish a master plan for creating the 'National Game Museum of Korea (tentative name).' The study will review the necessity, economic feasibility, and architectural planning of the museum to establish standards to be applied in future design, construction, and operation phases.
The Game Museum project was included as a new initiative in the game industry support plan announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) in January this year. The study consists of six areas: basic concept, artifact survey overview, facility creation condition review standards, architectural planning, creation cost and feasibility analysis, and phased implementation plans. The executing agency must analyze domestic and international game and digital culture museum cases to set directions for each function: exhibition, education, hands-on experience, research, storage, and archiving.
The site and operating entity have not yet been decided. While KOCCA stated that "the target facility will be finalized through a separate procedure," it instructed the formulation of space conversion methods and structural/safety review standards on the premise of utilizing existing buildings.
This research corresponds to the first phase. The second phase plan in 2027 will cover exhibition room production plans, operational revenue models, artifact classification systems, and the establishment of an integrated DB.
This is not the first time the government has initiated research on a game museum. MCST and KOCCA published a report titled "Study on Establishing the Basic Direction for the Construction of the Game Culture Museum" in November 2020, which cost 99.8 million won in national funds. However, that report contained several factual errors. An internal evaluation by KOCCA included feedback stating that "there is a lack of specific plans regarding game-related collection and classification, as well as digital archiving."
Meanwhile, domestic game museums have so far been operated by gaming companies. Nexon opened the 'Nexon Computer Museum,' a Type 1 museum, in Jeju in July 2013, and reopened it under the name 'Nexon Museum' in May 2026. The exhibition, which had focused on computer technology history, was reorganized into a space where visitors can experience the game IP Nexon has accumulated over 30 years. The 'Netmarble Game Museum,' opened by the Netmarble Cultural Foundation in March 2025 at Netmarble's headquarters in Guro, Seoul, was also registered as a 'Type 1 Specialized Museum' in April 2026. However, there is still no game museum founded by the state.
