victorious fatherland liberation war museum

The building is very grand, probably the best bit. Walk around the grounds along riverfront too. The actual exhibitions inside are a bit tacky. The video we watched was very one sided. Some of the imagery and depictions were distasteful.

The building itself is immaculate. After first viewing captured U.S. military equipment from the Korean War, you are lead inside the museum to the grand hall. There is a huge statue of Kim Jong-Un (the current leader), but they will claim it is of Kim Il-Sung in his youth. Since KJU is still so young with no history, this is how they are trying to build up his credibility by making a young Kim Il Sung look like the current leader.All of the exhibits are in Korean, so you cannot read them and are reliant on the tour guide's explanation Everything is as you would expect in a modern museum - excep the whole history is fake.They will sit you in front of an LCD TV that was made by Samsung (South Korean) or Sony (Japanese), but no one in North Korea is familiar with these brands so they never see advertisements. The TV will explain the history of the war, with "documented proof" showing a letter written in english claiming it is from the U.S. authorizing war on the peninsula. They highlight the part they want you to see. Don't listen to the narrator, quickly read the rest of the letter, and you will see it is actual an english translation of the communists wanting to invade. But since no one speaks much english, no one would be able to read fast enough to catch it. So pay attention, and you will see these inconsistencies!.It's fascinating and sad at the same time. Fascinating to see such an immpressive museum, but sad to see so much money spent on it when the rest of the country is so poor.

SUMMARY: A beautiful campus with new impressive buildings, parks, 60-year-old war machinery, and the USS Pueblo anchored in the river making up one of the boundaries of the compound. A must-see. I wanted to sit on the grass all day just taking in the atmosphere but of course that would not have been allowed.THE GOOD: This museum gives visitors an unashamedly honest view of N. Korea's interpretation of history. This is both amusing and discomforting and I had to remind myself several times that I was in Pyongyang and should expect no less. The exhibits outside of the museum consisted almost entirely of captures US war machinery including the USS Pueblo. The capture of the USS Pueblo is at best a footnote in world history but N. Korea pulls this event to center stage. The old war machinery further creates the impression that N. Korea is still at war.THE BAD: Revisionist history.

It is new and an amazing building done in a most spectacular way with the best marble brass glass with world class designs in architecture can wait to see it again

This is a large museum that takes a long time to get around. The first thing you will see are a lot of captured US vehicles, finishing with the captured USS Pueblo which you get to go inside. Afterwards you get to go into the museum itself. The museum is interesting, full of information about the Korean War spliced in with obvious propaganda. It's worth a visit for the USS Pueblo alone, but also if you are interested in the way that the DPRK likes to spin the Forgotten War.

Unfortunately you are not allowed to take photos inside of the museum. Keep in mind that this is the brand new opened museum; seems that the last one was not that good.Have seen many memorial and war museums ( WAW, Johannesburg), but by far this is the most impressive one!The details are amazing; the structure of the story is the museum is very well organized and the guide was very good; even if it showed only one part of the story, this place is a must visit in DPRK!

The building is over impressive for what it contains. The only thing unique or of historical interest is the USS Pueblo (which we didn't get to visit!). The place is just filled up with anything left over from the war. I much preferred the war museum in Dandong especially the huge 360 degree diorama.

The war museum is really beautiful. Of course, the history is only only under a DPRK perspective but this is expected right? There are 2 big areas outside the museum one with all the equipments captured by the DPRK army and another one with the equipment used by the DPRK army during the war. The access to the USS Pueblo is also from the museum area. Accordingly to the guides the museum expansion took only 10 months to be built. It's an amazing building. There are some very interesting sections as the panorama and also the area reproducing the fields where the war occurred.

Very impressive museum showing the events of Korean war from the viewpoint of North Korea. The building and especially the panorama painting on top floor of the building are very spectacular. They also present a huge collection of captured US military equipment. Don't miss that site, it's definitely worth a visit!!

This was only one of many eye-opening, paradigm-challenging experiences on this trip to Pyongyang and the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea [aka North Korea]. It's sometimes difficult to see how others experience us, particularly our role in the Korean War. But essential...as with Vietnam.

This is a spectacular building with impressive monuments and statues in the front square. There is a collection of US military hardware from the Korean war and also the captured spy ship the USS Pueblo. The exhibition itself is huge and the guide tends to rush you through it. I can't imagine the amount of money spent on this museum, which could have been used to resurface the roads and generally improve the standard of living for the lovely North Korean people.

This is honestly one of the best war museums I have ever visited, I was really impressed with the way it has been done. This was not supposed to feature on our tour, but we got lucky and are so happy that we got to see it. We suggested to our guides that it should be included in the tours, as it is really is worth a visit.

A stunning propaganda piece - it's the best re writing of history I have ever seen ( even better than the Egyptian Army war museum and the narratives of how they won the Six day war). A must visit for all "spin doctors"!

Visiting the USS Pueblo is always good. The museum is very new (rebuilt in 2013) and it's quite grand and lavish. The graphics sometimes are not really what a western would expect, but that's in common with Seoul. And the propaganda is amazing. You don't get such propaganda everywhere else!

The best museum I have seen and probably one of the best in the world. The museum is now in its new building (next to the old one) and its truly amazing. As other reviewers have stated, its not possible to take photos inside which is such a shame as its truly stunning. The exhibits are high quality and the life size models of people are uncannily realistic. The museum portrays in great and glorious detail how the North Korean nation pushed the US and its allies back to the 38th parallel when the US invaded the DPRK in 1950. The panoramic 360o painting took 2 years to paint and depicts part of the war. You sit on the revolving floor and you "tour" the painting in full effect including special effects. Its extremely impressive and must be one of the largest such paintings in the world. True, that the exhibits are all in Korean and you have to go round with a local guide and don't get to see everything, its a whistle stop tour as the guide takes you to what they want you to see but none the less this glimpse inside is stunning.