Korean Central History Museum

The Korean Central History Museum is a located in , . The museum is located at the north end of Kim Il-sung Square. It contains displays on Korean history from primitive society to the modern age.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Pyongyang
  • Also known as: “Central Museum of Korean History” and “State Central History Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kim Il Sung Square and Korean Art Museum.

Square
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is a large city square in the Central District of , North Korea, and is named after the country's founding leader, Kim Il Sung. is situated 110 metres west of Korean Central History Museum.

Museum
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The Korean Art Gallery is an art museum situated on the south side of Kim Il-sung Square in , , , which opened in 1948. The building is 4 stories tall with 22 display rooms, an exhibition hall, a room for preservation of works and an artworks study room that exhibits a wide range of art, including oil painting, print, sculpture and industrial arts. is situated 170 metres south of Korean Central History Museum.

Library
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The Grand People's Study House is the national library of , located in the capital city of . The library was built in 1982 in honour of the Supreme Leader Kim Il Sung's 70th birthday. is situated 460 metres west of Korean Central History Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pyongyang.

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is the capital city of , with about 2,750,000 inhabitants. It is on the Taedong River in the southwest of the country and is known as the Capital of the Revolution.

Korean Central History Museum

Latitude
39.02008° or 39° 1′ 12″ north
Longitude
125.75456° or 125° 45′ 16″ east
Open location code
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Korean Central History Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف تاريخ كوريا الوسطى”
  • Azerbaijani: “Koreya Mərkəzi Tarix Muzeyi”
  • Bulgarian: “Корейски централен исторически музей”
  • Chinese: “国立中央历史博物馆”
  • Chinese: “朝鮮中央歷史博物館”
  • Chinese: “朝鲜中央历史博物馆”
  • Esperanto: “Historia Muzeo (Pjongjango)”
  • Esperanto: “Historia Muzeo”
  • French: “musée central d’histoire de Corée”
  • French: “Musée central d’histoire de Corée”
  • French: “Musée central d’histoire de la Corée”
  • German: “Historisches Museum in Pjöngjang”
  • German: “Historisches Museum”
  • Japanese: “朝鮮中央歴史博物館”
  • Korean: “조선중앙력사박물관”
  • Russian: “Центральный исторический музей Кореи”
  • Scots: “History Museum”
  • Turkish: “Kore Merkezi Tarih Müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Kore Merkezî Tarih Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Корейський центральний історичний музей”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Lịch sử Trung ương Triều Tiên”
  • Wu Chinese: “朝鲜中央历史博物馆”
  • Yue Chinese: “朝鮮中央歷史博物館”

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