A place of communication about the history of the forced mobilization under Japanese occupation.

The National Memorial Museum of Forced Mobilization under Japanese Occupation is a repository of human rights, peace, and harmony, and it is a place for remembering the past in order to have deeper conversations about the future.

At the museum, we encourage visitors to share their ideas about the artifacts presented, and even our buildings and amenities are designed to facilitate communication. Communicating with our visitors is very important to us. However, communicating with the victims of the forced labor mobilization during Japanese occupation, which is the critical objective of establishing the museum, is more important than anything else.

Through this type of multi-directional communication, we strive to manifest important values such as harmony and empathy. The forced mobilization of Koreans by Japan is a painful part of history that needs to be remembered. It is our task to view this history in a new light and bridge the gap between past and future generations.

I would like to ask you to actively participate in communicating and healing the pain of victims of forced mobilization by recognizing the importance of human rights and peace at the National Memorial Museum of Forced Mobilization.

By engaging actively in research, exhibitions, and education, our museum seeks to share with future generation this painful but important part of our nation’s history.

Museum Director