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The Three Revolutions Exhibition ( ko, 3대혁명전시관) is a
museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and th ...
located in
North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and ...
. The exhibition primarily showcases the three revolutions of
Kim Il-sung Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...
: ideological, technical, and cultural. It is in the Ryonmot-dong area, and its grounds showcase the accomplishments of ''
Juche ''Juche'' ( ; ), officially the ''Juche'' idea (), is the state ideology of North Korea and the official ideology of the Workers' Party of Korea. North Korean sources attribute its conceptualization to Kim Il-sung, the country's founder an ...
'' ideological education, industrial development and agricultural improvement.Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Museums
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The central building has a shape resembling a spherical planet with rings, similar to the planet of
Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius of about nine and a half times that of Earth. It has only one-eighth the average density of Earth; ...
. The dome itself also houses a planetarium. In the complex, there are six exhibits which detail North Korea's advances in electronics,
heavy industry Heavy industry is an industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, huge buildings and large-scale infrastructure); ...
, agriculture, class education, and technology. There is also an outdoor display of vehicles produced in North Korea.


History

The museum was first established as a non-permanent Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition between 1946 and 1956, then improved to be the current Three Revolutions Exhibition in 1983. Further renovations took place in 1993, when the museum was enlarged.


See also

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List of museums in North Korea This is a list of museums in North Korea. List *International Friendship Exhibition * Kimilsungia and Kimjongilia Exhibition Hall *Korea Stamp Museum *Korean Art Gallery *Korean Central History Museum *Korean Folklore Museum * Korean Revolutio ...
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Pyongyang Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populat ...


References


External links


''The Three-Revolution Exhibition'' picture album
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Naenara Naenara () is the official web portal of the North Korean government. It was the first website in North Korea, and was created in 1996. The portal's categories include politics, tourism, music, foreign trade, arts, press, information technolog ...
Museums in Pyongyang 1946 establishments in Korea Museums established in 1983 {{NorthKorea-museum-stub