Busan Modern and Contemporary History Museum Annex — Attraction in Busan

If you are ever in the second largest city in the Republic of Korea. This museum exhibition in Busan offers and captures an important time in the making of a Busan.

It gives a historical perspective of the industrious port city from in beginnings of LG, to it's shipbuilding industry, along with various other industries such as chemical, rubber, and textile.

The contemporary artwork includes: the historical pre-colonial Japanese occupation of Busan, the Korean liberation movement, Korean War, and post war refugee conditions and much more. It also provides audio in English, Japanese, and Chinese.

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This exhibition consists of three parts: Part 1: Site of Livelihood – Sustaining Life on Limited Land focuses on Ami-dong Tombstone Village and Uam-dong Cattle Shed Village, which were the representative residential areas for refugees, and Pier 1 of Busan Port, which was essential to the refugees’ livelihoods, when over a million war refugees sought shelter in the city’s limited space; Part 2: International Cooperation – Support and Sacrifice for Peace features ‘the U.S. Embassy and US Information Service (USIS),’ ‘the United Nations Memorial Cemetery,’ and ‘Camp Hialeah,’ which are related to the 1.75 million UN forces who manned the Nakdonggang River Defense Line and sacrificed themselves for peace of the Republic of Korea and the UN. These three sites are reconstructed by three artists; and Part 3: The Wartime Capital – The Continuity of the State and Government examines the three national institutions that represented the government, which remained in place for 1,023 days despite Busan being a temporary capital—the Temporary Presidential Residence, the Temporary Government Complex, and the Korea Meteorological Administration. All these are...

Visit Busan Museum instead! This was a very bias museum, with a political agenda. I know Korea has a very troubled history with Japan but to sum this museum up, it is two thirds slagging of the Japanese and one third glorifying America. It completely ignores Korea's relationship with other UN members who helped in the Korean war and their sacrifices. It is only modern history from the 1900's onwards and I do understand that Japan did some atrocities to Korea during this time frame, but the way it was covered at the Busan museum is much fairer in my opinion. Busan museum also has much more artifacts to look at and covers the entire history of humanity in Busan. This museum...

The museum is located in an old area of ​​the harbor. From the outside, the museum looks ancient with the old architecture. This is a free Museum, which means you don't have to buy an entrance ticket. At the main lobby, there is a receptionist who guides the sightseeing map and the lockers for visitors. The museum provides a wealth of historical information about the city of Busan, However, there are not many artifacts or historical illustrations. For me, it only takes about 30 minutes to visit the entire museum. It was boring...