How many Korean cultural properties are located overseas? And where are they?

• Korean cultural properties that were taken abroad are mostly held in national, public or private museums or galleries in several countries including Japan and the United States. In addition, it is assumed that there are still numerous undisclosed cultural properties in the hands of individual collectors.
• According to on-site inspection results and media reports, as of June 2004, it was estimated that a total of 74,177 items were held in 20 countries. As further investigation is under way, more accurate information about Korean cultural properties in foreign countries is expected to be available. 
• Current Status of Korean Cultural Properties in Foreign Countries
  

  Country of Ownership	Number of Cultural Properties (Unit: item)	Major Locations
  Japan	34,152	Tokyo National Museum, etc.
  U.S.	16,886	Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art, etc
  U.K.	6,610	British Museum, etc.
  Germany	5,221	Museum fur Volkerkunde Hamburg, etc.
  Russia	1,603	State Museum of Oriental Art, etc.
  France	2,121	Musee National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet, etc.
  China	1,434	Liaoning Provincial Museum, etc.
  Denmark	1,240	National Museum of Denmark, etc.
  Canada	1,080	Royal Ontario Museum, etc.
  The Netherlands	820	National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden, etc.
  Sweden	804	Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, etc.
  Austria	679	Austrian Museum of Folk Art, Vienna, etc.
  Vatican City	500	Museum of the Vatican
  Switzerland	457	Swiss Museum of Folklore
  Czech Republic	250	Czech National Museum, etc.
  Poland	136	National Museum in Warsaw, etc.
  Belgium	82	Royal Museum of Art and History
  Hungary	58	Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts, etc.
  Australia	28	Art Gallery of New South Wales, etc.
  Italy	17	Castel Sant'Angelo National Museum
  Total	74,177