Three Revolution Exhibition

The Three Revolution Exhibition is a museum located in North Korea. The exhibition primarily showcases the three revolutions of Kim Il-sung, the ideological, technical, and cultural. It is in the Ryonmot-dong area, and its vast expansive grounds also displays many other ideologies of Juche idea: heavy industry, culture, and agriculture.[1] The central building has a shape resembling a spherical planet with rings, similar to the planet of Saturn. The dome itself also houses a planetarium. In the complex, there are six exhibits which detail North Korea's advances in electronics, heavy industry, agriculture, class education, and technology.[2]

The planetarium, shaped like Saturn

There is also an outdoor display of vehicles produced in North Korea.[3]

An exhibit of mining in North Korea

History

The museum was first established as an non-permanent Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition between 1946 and 1956, then improved to be the current Three Revolutions Exhibition in 1983, and further renovations took place in 1993.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Museums (Archived at WebCite)
  2. ↑ http://www.lonelyplanet.com/north-korea/pyongyang/sights/museums-galleries/three-revolutions-exhibition
  3. ↑ http://www.lonelyplanet.com/north-korea/pyongyang/sights/museums-galleries/three-revolutions-exhibition

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