War Memorial of Korea
About the place
- Country : South Korea , Seoul
- Address : 29 Itaewon-ro, Namyeong-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Category : Museums
- Establishing Date : 1994 AD
War Memorial of Korea
Overview:
• The War Memorial of Korea is one of the most important tourist places in South Korea in the city of Seoul, which was opened in 1994.
• The museum was established to commemorate the martyrs and victims during the Korean Wars, and displays tools, equipment, and heavy and light weapons that were used in those wars.
Museum contents:
• The museum is divided into two parts, an outdoor exhibition and an indoor exhibition.
- The outdoor exhibition includes large-sized tools and weapons that were used in the Korean Wars, including tanks, cannons, amphibious weapons, machine guns, and bombs. It also includes statues of Korean soldiers in war uniforms, representing different scenes from the war.
- The indoor exhibition consists of 6 halls: the Expeditionary Forces Hall, the National Memorial Hall, the War History Hall, the 6/25 Korean War Hall, the Development Hall, and the Heavy Equipment Hall.
• The museum contains approximately 33 thousand different exhibits, but the number on display is only 10 thousand, divided into the external and internal parts of the museum.
• You can pass by the statue that depicts two brothers who met during the war, where they were fighting against each other. It is the most famous statue ever in the museum and the most expressive of those wars.
Resources:
warmemo.or.kr website
tripadvisor website
arabic.visitkorea website
urtrips website
