The dining room in the Parsonage in Busan

The Busan Museum (부산광역시립박물관) is currently hosting "Secrets of the Masters: From Shakespeare to 500 Years of Literature and Art," running through January 18, 2026, in collaboration with the UK's National Portrait Gallery. This exhibition brings together 137 items, including portraits of 78 British literary giants, along with handwritten manuscripts, letters, and rare first editions. The exhibition features works by Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Arthur Conan Doyle, and J.K. Rowling, among others. Visitors can see Shakespeare's First Folio, Dickens' handwritten manuscript of "Great Expectations," and Rowling's first edition of Harry Potter with her own illustrations. At the exhibition's conclusion, visitors can listen to poetry readings through headphones and transcribe favorite passages from the displayed works onto postcards.

The exhibition includes several Brontë-related items. The pillar portrait, for instance. In the middle of the exhibition hall, visitors will find a recreation of the sisters' dining room at the Haworth parsonage, complete with period furniture, patterned wallpaper, bookshelves, a fireplace, and a dining table set with teacups and manuscripts—offering a glimpse into the space where the novels were written. Although the "window" gives a far too joyful view.

Sources: Busan.com

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