Gwangju Students Independence Movement Memorial Hall 학생독립운동기념관

Gwangju Students Independence Movement Memorial Hall
학생독립운동기념관

The Gwangju Student Independence Movement  is the national landmark movement to speak out against Japanese imperialism. This movement was not just an accidental occurrence because of conflict between Korean students and Japanese students who were commuting from Gwangju to Naju. This was a landmark event which expressed the ability of student movements to free the country from the colonial rule.

In 1967, Gwangju Student Independence Movement Memorial Hall was opened. Gwangju Student Independence Movement Memorial Hall is located in Hwanggeum-dong behind the post office of Chungjangno 2-ga, which is the most central area in Gwangju. The Memorial hall consisted of an attached library with 200,000 books, a collection of preserved historical materials on display, the student theater for the purification of teenagers’ emotions and the exhibition hall for cultural development of the community.

• Address: 56-1 Hwanggeum-dong Dong-gu Gwangju
• Tel: 062-221-5507
• Website: http://student.gen.go.kr/english/
• Operation hours: First and third Monday of each month, legal holidays and temporary closing days (days that are closed due to circumstances of the hall )
• Free admission.
• Bus Stop: Munhwajeondang Yeok (문화전당역) (Gwangju Bus Schedule)
• Subway: Culture Complex (문화전당역)