The North Korea Peace Museum is in the building constructed to house the signing of the
Korean War Armistice Agreement on 27 July 1953. It is located in the former village of
Panmunjeom (P'anmunjŏm) in
North Hwanghae Province
North Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaebuk-to; , lit. "north Yellow Sea province") is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae. The provincial capital is Sari ...
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North Korea.
It is located approximately northwest of the
Joint Security Area (JSA), in the northern half of the
Demilitarized Zone. The building is all that remains of the former village, and since the mid-1950s, references to Panmunjom actually refer to the Joint Security Area itself. It is about northeast of
Kijong-dong, often referred to as ''Propaganda Village''.
The weapons used to kill U.S. Army Captain Arthur Bonifas and Lieutenant Mark Barrett in the
axe murder incident of 1976 are housed within the museum.
There is a symbol of a dove above the door. At the time of the signing of the armistice, a copy of
Pablo Picasso's ''Dove'' was hanging inside the building. The Americans objected to it as a symbol of communism (Picasso was a communist), and it was covered up.
See also
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List of museums in North Korea
References
External links
Photos of Peace Museum
Photo of interior of museum
{{Museums in North Korea
Military and war museums
Peace museums
Peace Museum
Korean War memorials and cemeteries
Korean War museums
1953 establishments in North Korea
Panmunjom
Treaty signing historic sites