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November 20, 1969 Established as the 1st natural history museum in Korea
Exhibited 655 species provided by the departments related to the fields of Earth Science and Biological Science at Ewha Womans University
December 5, 1973 Moved to an exhibition hall (about 5,000 sq. ft.) on the 4th floor of Art Hall at Ewha Womans University
August 25, 1975 Held the Special Exhibition of collections in commemoration of the 5th anniversary of the museum
Published Catalogue 1: Butterflies, Frogs, Birds, Fossil, and Others
May 24~June 5, 1976 Held the Special Exhibition in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of Ewha Womans University
October 15~20, 1979 Held the Special Exhibition of collections in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the museum
Published Catalogue 2 - Butterflies, Frogs, Birds, Fossil, and Others
October 20~November 20, 1983 Held the Special Exhibition Medicinal Plants and Crude Drugs
Published Catalogue 3: Medical Plants
November 20~December 20, 1984 Held the Special Exhibition Foreign Corals in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the museum
Published Catalogue 4: Foreign Corals
November 18~December 18, 1985 Held the Special Exhibition Korean Origin Plants
Published Catalogue 5: Korean Plants
May 26~June 25, 1986 Held the Special Exhibition Birds in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Ewha Womans University
Published Catalogue 6: The Birds
May 29, 1989 Held the Special Exhibition Minerals, Rocks, and Fossils in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the museum
Published Catalogue 7: Minerals, Rocks, and Fossils
June 30, 1994 Held a ground-breaking ceremony for the new museum
September 18, 1996 Held a dedication ceremony for the new museum
March 1, 1997 Founded the Research Institute of Natural History at Ewha Womans University
April 3~9, 1997 Held an opening ceremony for the Research Institute of Natural History at Ewha Womans University
Held the International Seminar and Workshop for the Environmental Preservation
May 29, 1997 Held an opening ceremony for the newly constructed museum (about 21,400 sq. ft.) Held the Special Exhibition Mollusc and Human in commemoration of the opening of the newly constructed museum
July 18, 1997 Opened the 1st Natural History Class
November 18, 1997 Published the 1st issue of Natural History News
December 20, 1997 Published the booklet Ewha Womans University Natural History Museum and Research Institute of Natural History
April 28, 1998 Published Catalogue 9:Plants, Insects, Invertebrates, Vertebrates I, II, Earth Science in commemoration of the opening of the newly constructed museum
May 29, 1998 Opened the Special Exhibition Crude Drugs and Human
May 28. 1999 Opened the Special Exhibition The Animal’s Houses
August 3, 2000 Published the booklet The Mystery of Natural History
December 2000 Published the booklet The Animal’s Houses
May 28, 2001 Opened the Special Exhibition Human Use of the Mineral Resources
May 28, 2002 Opened the Special Exhibition Pollination and Design
May 26, 2003 Opened the Special Exhibition Planet of Bugs
May 25, 2004 Opened the Special Exhibition Promise of life, seed
May 23, 2005 Opened the Special Exhibition 6th Mass Extinction
July 15, 2005 Opened the Special Exhibition An Expedition to Insect in the Botanic Garden
November 22, 2005 Published the booklet 6th Mass Extinction
July 26, 2006 Opened the Special Exhibition Quest for the Ant Queendom
November 2, 2007 Opened the Special Exhibition Sound of Animals
November 19, 2008 Opened the Special Exhibition Tracks of Animals
November 24, 2009 Opened the Special Exhibition Climate change and Crisis of Life
June 11, 2010 Opened the Special Exhibition An Expedition to the Ant Queendom
December 14, 2010 Opened the Special Exhibition Biodiversity
May 16, 2011 Opened the Special Exhibition An Expedition to Animal Sounds
February 8, 2012 Opened the Special Exhibition The Colors of Nature
February 20, 2013 Opened the Special Exhibition Defense in Nature
February 17, 2014 Opened the Special Exhibition Geometry in Nature