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National Museum of Korean Democracy

2025 establishments in South KoreaBuildings and structures completed in 1976Museums in Seoul
National Museum of Korean Democracy
National Museum of Korean Democracy

The National Museum of Korean Democracy (Korean: 민주화운동기념관) is a museum in Namyeong-dong, Seoul, South Korea. The National Museum of Korean Democracy was initially built in 1976 as the "Nam young-dong Anti-Communist Interrogation Office" for the police department by the architect Kim Swoo-geun. It functioned as a torture chamber for over a decade until the June Democratic Struggle, and was transformed into a Human Rights Center in 2005. Ownership of the property was transferred to the Korean Democracy Foundation in 2018, which then converted the building into a museum for democracy and human rights. The building is seven stories tall and made of black bricks. The fifth floor, marked by a row of slitted windows, houses the majority of the interrogation spaced where suspects were confined and tortured. The space now recreates the arrangements for viewing by visitors to the museum.

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National Museum of Korean Democracy
Hangang-daero 71-gil, Seoul Namyeong-dong

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남영동 대공분실

Hangang-daero 71-gil 37
04322 Seoul, Namyeong-dong
South Korea
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