The Seoul National University Library has begun its transformation into a “larchiveum”—a library, archive, and museum hybrid. This February, the university unveiled the Daishin Financial Group–SNU Heritage Lounge and Heritage Library within a 1,500-pyeong space linking the library’s main building, completed in 1975, and the Kwanjeong Building, which opened in 2015. Bringing together two buildings separated by nearly half a century, the newly unified space weaves visions of the future into the records of the past.

Cover Artwork    Gwanak Dagyeong (冠岳茶景) (Changwon Lee, 2026), Crafted from black tea leaves, this large-scale installation greets visitors in “The Room of Gwanak” at the Heritage Lounge.
Intro  A glass-fronted visible storage space offers the public a rare glimpse into the library’s distinctive collections.