What did the westerners think about Korea before the opening of ports? The special exhibition of ꡔKorea Sketchesꡕ reveals the realities of our culture through the eyes of the westerners at the time of the opening of ports, when Korea, vaguely imagined as an unknown country in the East, began to unveil herself. Organized by the theme of “Korea observed by the westerners, 100 years ago”, this exhibition is divided into three parts. The first part under the title of “unveiling hidden country” deals with Joseon imagined by the westerners and introduces the life and documents of the westerners visiting Joseon at the time of opening of ports. In Part II, “Images of Korea as she appeared to foreign eyes”, images of Korea such as costume, palaces and Court life, children and women and Korean rituals observed by the westerners are displayed. The final part, “strange and exotic Occidental civilizations” is related with the various modern conveniences of the Occidental civilizations flowed into Korea with the opening of ports.