Yi Jun Peace Museum — Attraction in The Hague

This place has historical importance for Korean. In the early 1900s, Korea did not have sovereignty because of Japan. Against this, three Korean men visited Den Haag to attend Hague Conventions (1907) and announce the circumstance of Korea at that moment. But sadly, it was not going well. One of the men who visited Hague, Yi Jun, passed away in this building. For Korean, this place is one of the symbols, our ancestors tried to get our own right from the...

The museum is one of Europe’s leading museums for modern art and design. Founded in 1866 and renamed in 2019, it is housed in a striking building designed by H.P. Berlage and completed in 1935. Its collection of more than 165,000 works spans painting, decorative arts, fashion, music, prints, ceramics, and silver. The museum is especially famous for holding the world’s largest collection of Piet...

A very special small museum that is truly worth a visit. I learned a lot about Yi Jun, the Second Hague Peace Conference, and the Korean struggle against the Japanese. The museum is mostly visited by Korean people so most of the information is in Korean. However, the most important information is also written in English and some also in...