Since its founding in 1950, the National Theater of Korea has endured the misery of the Korean War, and for the 65 years stands firmly as the leader of art performance and as the cradle of performing arts in Korea. With the goal of recreating traditional Korean arts with in a modern fashion, 3 major resident companies within the National Theater of Korea (National Changgeuk Company of Korea, National Dance Company of Korea, National Orchestra of Korea) create unique production. In 2009, we opened the Museum of Performing Arts in order to review the past and project the future of performing arts in Korea.