Korean Revolution Museum

The Korean Revolution Museum is a museum on the Mansu Hill in the North Korean capital Pyongyang. It is located directly behind the large monument art troupe.

History

The museum was renamed initially set up in August 1948 as the National Liberation Struggle Central Museum, and on 13 January 1961. The building of the new museum was revolution, as well as the Great Monument in front of it, inaugurated in 1972 on the occasion of the 60th birthday of the former power holder Kim Il-sung.

Facility

In the museum, the North Korean history is treated during the period under Japanese rule in a total of 90 exhibition halls and an area of ​​54,000 square meters. There are also a conference hall, a presentation room and several different semimajor panoramic rooms.

On the facade of the museum is a 70 meters long and 12.85 meters high wall mosaic on which the Paektusan is shown - which is the symbol of the fight Kim Il-sung for the independence of Korea by the Japanese Empire, and for the glorified rule of the Kim family.