War Memorial of Korea

The War Memorial of Korea
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EstablishedJune 10, 1994 (1994-06-10)
Location29 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea
TypeWar memorial and museum
Collection size6,300
DirectorSun Young-Jae
PresidentBaek Seung-joo[1]
WebsiteThe War Memorial of Korea
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJeonjaeng Ginyeomgwan
McCune–ReischauerChŏnjaeng Kinyŏmgwan

The War Memorial of Korea (Korean전쟁기념관) 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]

  1. ^ Baek, Seung-joo. "Greetings". War Memorial of Korea. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  2. ^ CNN Go Seoul's best museums Archived 2012-09-28 at the Wayback Machine 27 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-04

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