Korean Revolution Museum
| 조선혁명박물관 | |
 Main entrance of the museum on Mansudae Hill | |
| Established | 1 August 1948 |
|---|---|
| Location | Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Type | History museum |
| Visitors | 27 million since 1948[1] |
The Korean Revolution Museum is a museum located in North Korea.[2] It was founded on August 1, 1948 and holds a large exhibition of items related to Kim Il-sung and the Korean revolutionary movement.
The Korean Revolution Museum encompass the period between 1860 and the present day, including the anti-Japanese resistance, the Korean War and the period of socialist construction. It has 90 rooms which hold items related to Kim Il-sung and his associates, Korean reunification, the Korean diaspora, and various historical battles. Since its establishment, it has had 27 million visitors from North Korea and abroad.[1] At 240,000 square metres, it is also one of the largest structures in the world.[3]
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- 1 2 "Korean Revolution Museum". Korean Central News Agency. 2 August 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ↑ Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Museums (Archived at WebCite)
- ↑ "Architecture and city planning". Library of Congress Country Studies. 1993. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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