Site of Former Sinmungwan Publishing Company and the Korean Association for Cultural Enlightenment
신문관은 최남선이 1908년에 설립한 출판사로, 우리나라 최초의 근대 잡지 “소년”을 발행하였다. 최남선, 박은식 등은 1910년 신문관에 조선광문회를 설립하여 수많은 고전을 간행하였다.
Founded in 1908 by Choe Nam-seon, the Sinmungwan Publishing Company published “Sonyeon(Boys)”, Korea’s first modern magazine. In 1910, Choe and other intellectuals, including Park Eun-sik, established an in-house organization known as “Joseon gwangmunhoe(Korean Association for Cultural Enlightenment)”, which published a wide variety of literary classics.
