In 1988, to commemorate the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, and to introduce ancient Korean culture to foreigners, the Ewha Womans University Museum selected only the finest scholarly accoutrements from the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) in order to reflect the culture of the literati. In order to accentuate the exhibit, about 20 pieces of personally-owned ink stones were also displayed. Some 150 artifacts were put on display: 22 wooden brush and paper holders, 80 examples of the mythical animal haetae, peach-shaped, square, octagonal, and round water droppers in various sizes, and 35 pieces of ink-sticks, ink-stones, and wooden accoutrements, including small writing tables and letter holders.

Stoneware items wer produced on the Korean peninsula from the 3rd century up until the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), and were commonly used in many of the same ways as earthenware. Earthenware started being produced from the Neolithic era and was continuously produced throughout the Bronze Age, early Iron Age (1,000 B.C.-0 A.D.), the Three Kingdoms period (57 B.C.-668), the Unified Silla period (661-935), the Goryeo dynasty (918-1392), and the Joseon dynasty. Earthenware was made into various objects, such as ritual vessels, tableware, containers, pots, and urns. Numerous pieces of earthenware were excavated from the ruins of tombs and residential areas. However, due to changes in funerary customs and production methods of ceramics, little of the excavated earthenware was produced after the Unified Silla period. Up until now, there has not been a clear distinction between the earthenware of Goryeo and Joseon. However, the Ewha Womans University Museum categorized the 150 pieces in its possession, and carried out research on 12 kiln sites of the Unified Silla and Goryeo. This enabled the Museum to identify some of the characteristics of the artifacts and even arrange the earthenware according to the early, mid, and late portions of Unified Silla. Most of the Silla earthenware artifacts are either plain with no decoration or urns bearing stamped designs, whereas most Goryeo earthenware consists of various forms of bottles.

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Ewha Womans University, the Museum held a commemorative exhibition, displaying some 200 masterpieces, from both Korea and China, from the prehistoric age up to the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). The exhibition consisted of stone axes, red earthenware, and bronze daggers excavated from dolmens, which are artifacts from the Neolithic, Bronze, and Iron Ages. Metallic mirrors and bricks from the Lolang (108 B.C.-313) era were also put on display. Artifacts displayed from the Three Kingdoms period included a rubbing of the inscription on the wall of Pyeongyang Fortress from Goguryeo (37 B.C.-668), end pieces of tiles from Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, earthenware from Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, and Gaya (42-562), gold earrings from Silla, and gold shoes with openwork design from Baekje. Green-glazed tiles with monster designs and other roof-end tiles, Buddhist statues--the epitome of Buddhist art--and everyday pottery from Unified Silla were also displayed. Buddhist gongs, bronze bells, incense burners, a Buddhist sutra, a celadon jar with the inscription "the 4th Year of Sunhwa (993)," a stool with openwork design, and various celadon and white porcelain masterpieces from Goryeo (932-1392) were put on display. Artifacts from Joseon included white porcelain jars with copper, iron, or blue underglaze, such as Buncheong ware or a white porcelain jar with grapevine designs and underglaze iron, and, finally, white porcelain stationery items and formal tableware from the late Joseon dynasty. Paintings included landscape paintings by Jeong Seon, a portrait of Kim Yi-an, documentary paintings, and calligraphy by the father of King Gojong. Daily necessities such as trays and oil lamp stands, and court dresses, such as the Green Wonsam, were also displayed.

The highly acclaimed relics of the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) such as the White Porcelain Jar with Grapevine in Underglaze Iron, National Treasure No. 107, the White Porcelain Jar with Design of a Man Under a Pine Tree in Underglaze Blue, No. 644, and the White Porcelain Jar with Dragon Design in Underglaze Iron, No. 645 were displayed. In addition, 120 jars including placenta jars, funerary objects, moon-shaped jars, spice jars, face powder jars and other various jars used in rituals and everyday life during the Joseon dynasty were put on display. This exhibition highlighted the serenity and beauty of Joseon white porcelain, and the displays were categorized according to decoration techniques, such as pure plain white porcelain, underglaze iron, underglaze blue, and underglaze copper, as well as being categorized according to era so that viewers could easily see the historical flow of Joseon ceramics.

Unlike Goryeo (918~1392) celadon and Joseon (1392~1910) white porcelain, Buncheong ware has a natural beauty and was only produced during the early Joseon dynasty (late 14th century to 16th century). The some 200 pieces possessed by the Ewha Womans University Museum were arranged according to decoration techniques, such as sanggam (inlaid), inhwa (stamped)), johwa (incised), bakji (scratched), deombeong (coated with white slip), gwiyal (brushed white slip), and cheolhwa (underglaze iron). The artifacts were also categorized according to shape and government office inscription. In addition, the Buncheong ware fragments possessed by the Museum were verified to be from the Jeollabuk-do, Buan-gun, Udong-ni kiln. These fragments were categorized, organized, and restored so that flasks and large jars decorated with fish, lotus blossom, and peony designs were displayed along with the Buncheong ware. This exhibition made a great contribution to research on the history of Joseon ceramics.