The Korean Central History Museum( ko, 조선중앙력사박물관) is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

located in

Pyongyang Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populatio ...

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

.) The museum is located at the north end of

Kim Il-sung Square __NOTOC__ Kim Il-sung Square is a large city square in the Central District of Pyongyang, North Korea, and is named after the country's founding leader, Kim Il-sung. The square was constructed in 1954 according to a master plan for reconstructing ...

. It contains displays on Korean history from primitive society to the modern age.

History

The museum was established on 1 December 1945 by

Kim Il Sung Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...

. It was located on

Moran Hill Moranbong or Moran Hill (literally "PeonyHill", often "PeonyPeak") forms a park located in central Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. Its summit is the location of the Pyongyang TV Tower. There are multiple monumental structures located o ...

. During the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

, most of the museum's collections were hidden, and the original museum building was destroyed by the US troops.Justin Corfield
Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang
''Anthem Press'', 1 December 2014. p.100-101. The museum was rebuilt on

in 1960 (or 1977).Ronny Mintjens
A Journey through North Korea
''Trafford Publishing'', 2013. p.58. In 1998, the museum was commemorated on a series of postage stamps. In a 2014 speech, Kim Jong Un stated that he wanted to set the Korean Central History Museum as a base standard for history museums around the world. In 2015, the museum claimed 10 million visitors since its opening in 1945.Korean Central History Museum Marks 70th Anniversary
, ''Kcna.co.jp'', 29 november 2015

Description

The museum contains 10,500 square meters of exhibition space divided into 19 rooms. The collection contains around 100,000 relics and artefacts. The museum is opened to foreigners and tourists, and taking photos inside the museum is prohibited.

Collection

*1-million year old bones (according to the sign) excavated from

Komun Moru The Komun Moru ruins are "primitive relics" discovered in Sangwon County, Pyongyang, North Korea. Many of the relics are on display at the Korean Central History Museum in Pyongyang. The relics were located in a cave, and have been dated to the U ...

in 1966 *Replica of the world's first

rocket battery In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facil ...

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