Museum sights in Pyongyang
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Three Revolutions Exhibition
A rarely visited museum is the Three Revolutions Exhibition, North Korea's answer to the America's Epcot Centre. The sprawling complex details the 'three revolutions' Kim Il Sung brought about in post-war Korea: ideological, technical and cultural. The six halls detail advances across the board in electronics, heavy industry, agriculture and technology (advances appear to be fairly slim, all the technical exhibits look more like a display of antiques).
The world's weirdest planetarium can be found within the electronics industry hall, which looks like a silver replica of Saturn. There's also an interesting outdoor display of vehicles produced in North Korea.
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Party Founding Museum
The Party Founding Museum is located on the southern slope of Haebang Hill and is one of the least interesting museums. It originally housed the Central Committee of the Korean Workers' Party, as well as Kim Il Sung's office from where he 'led the building of a new democratic Korea'. Next door is the Great Leader's conspicuously modest residence, used after coming to power and presumably before the masses demanded he build himself numerous palaces.
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Korean Revolution Museum
Pyongyang's museums unsurprisingly offer the regime's version of history. While one or two can be very interesting for a totally new perspective on events, the novelty can soon wear thin. A visit to the Korean Revolution Museum is likely to be included on your itinerary. This shows the anti-Japanese struggle, including numerous action exhibits depicting the fiercest of the battles.
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Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum
The Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum is a fascinating place. The key battles of the Korean War are depicted vividly in dioramas, and there's some fascinating military hardware from war-damaged tanks and aircraft to torpedo boats used by both sides. These were all placed in the basement and the museum was then built around them.
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Mangyongdae Revolutionary Museum
The Mangyongdae Revolutionary Museum, located near Kim Il Sung's Birthplace, continues the theme of the Great Leader's childhood and makes the point that all his family members were Korean patriot revolutionaries of the humblest possible order.
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Korean Central History Museum
Korean Central History Museum is all rather tedious and predictable - a large number of exhibits about the North's struggle against imperialism and oppression.
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