GyeongGi Cultural Foundation Jeongok Prehistory Museum (Director Han-Yong Lee) is holding a special exhibition 〈Children in The Stone Age〉 until March 28, 2021. This exhibition is designed to examine the lives and cultures of prehistoric people, focusing on women and children.

Prehistoric people in popular culture were often portrayed as male hunters who lived wild lives. However, in fact, prehistoric people were made up of diverse families, parents who put a lot of effort into educating their children, protect the weak and mourn their death. In particular, in human evolution and social composition, women and children have important meanings as cultural producers and consumers. In this exhibition, you can meet the protagonists of prehistoric culture that have not been well exposed on the surface through infographics, precision models, and exhibition experiences.

Looking at the exhibition in detail, 〈QnA: Everything about a Family in Prehistoric Times〉, a corner that opens the exhibition, is filled with curiosity about the prehistoric times such as ‘Are children a consumer or a producer?’ and ‘When did the epidemic begin?’ It consists of a large infographic with questions and information. 40 stories and pictures each containing information about women, children, evolution, and culture make you feel as if you are reading a large prehistoric picture book. The 〈The Birth of a Family〉 corner introduces a life-size model of the Homoerectus family as if it were alive, and the remains of palm and foot prints left by prehistoric families found in Spain and France, providing a glimpse into prehistoric family love. In the following 〈Love and Memorial〉 section, you can see how prehistoric families accepted and mourned the painful death through the remains and restoration of the graves of children buried with their mothers due to the high mortality rate in prehistoric times.

In addition, the 〈Art of Play〉 corner explores the skills and meanings of prehistoric people through the skills of the Stone Age people in children's clothes who lived in the cold ice age, through the Stone Age toys that show children's play, education, and socialization together. The Children Who Discovered the Age” corner was prepared as an experience corner with the theme of children, the protagonists of the world's prehistoric Altamira and Lasco cave paintings. In addition to the stories of various prehistoric families encountered in the exhibition, the 〈Prehistoric Age Library〉 offers the latest domestic and international children's books and popular books on archeology and anthropology to satisfy the curiosity of child archaeologists.

Various related education programs are also held in this exhibition. Every Sunday until November 29th, 〈Would you like to be our friend?〉, which makes handmade prehistoric dolls for children, is held for free. In addition, to expand non-face-to-face education due to COVID-19, the online education 〈My House Museum〉 is scheduled to be held irregularly. Detailed information on exhibitions and education can be found on the Jeongok Prehistory Museum website (https://jgpm.ggcf.kr).

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