Government-General Museum of Chōsen
1945 disestablishments in KoreaBuildings and structures completed in 1915Buildings and structures demolished in 1998Demolished buildings and structures in South KoreaKorea under Japanese rule ... and 3 more
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The Government-General Museum of Chōsen (Japanese: 朝鮮総督府博物館, Korean: 조선총독부박물관) was a museum in Seoul during the period of Japanese rule. Built in the grounds of Gyeongbokgung Palace for the 1915 Chōsen Industrial Exhibition,: 96 the museum opened on 1 December 1915. The museum did not operate as an independent agency, and the department under which it fell was subject to bureaucratic reorganization. The museum was disestablished in 1945 and its collections transferred to the National Museum of Korea,: 106 which opened on 3 December 1945. In 1998, the museum building was demolished, after it had come to be viewed as a "symbol of colonialism".
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Hyoja-ro, Seoul Sajik-dong
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03170 Seoul, Sajik-dong
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