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Established | June 10, 1994 |
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Location | 29 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea |
Type | War memorial and museum |
Collection size | 6,300 |
Director | Sun Young-Jae |
President | Baek Seung-joo[1] |
Website | The War Memorial of Korea |
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Revised Romanization | Jeonjaeng Ginyeomgwan |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏnjaeng Kinyŏmgwan |
The War Memorial of Korea (Korean: 전쟁기념관) is a museum located in Yongsan-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It opened in 1994 on the former site of the army headquarters to exhibit and memorialize the military history of Korea. It was built for the purpose of preventing war through lessons from the Korean War and for the hoped for peaceful reunification of North and South Korea. The memorial building has six indoor exhibition rooms and an outdoor exhibition centre displaying war memorabilia and military equipment from China, South Korea and the United States.[2]