Peace Museum is located in peace village at the foot of Gamaoreum, pyeonghwa-dong.
Peace Museum will accuse of Japanese war of invasion and be the living educational place of peace.

The reason that Peace Museum was open at foot of Oreum is to show that the Gamaoreum underground tunnel gives historical lessons to young students.

Another reason is to show the Japanese tourists terrible sights which Japanese army committed under the rule of Japanese imperialism.

President Youngeun Lee heard that his father, Sungchan Lee(85) was drafted into Japanese army and toiled in the underground tunnel in sending provisions. Then, 10 years ago he decided to build the learning place to experience underground and has been busy collecting records and exhibitions.

He heard from the survivors of the living condition of Japanese army which stayed in underground and the oppressed living condition of out people and recorded their verbal stories. He, also, has met scholars and local renowned old people to verify his collecting data so far.

He collected over 3 millions of exhibition books such as 211 weekly bulletins and reports issued by Japanese intelligence bureau and Chosun government-general, Japanese newspaper carried worldwide news including Japan and Korea etc.

Some of those books carry the Chongshindae (women drafted for military sexual slavery by Japan) and the process of the forced change from Korean name into Japanese name, are enough to attract tourists' interests as well as citizens'.
Besides, he collected war supplies ranged from photo books of Japanese army, matchlocks, cannon shells, military uniforms, gaiters, helmets, water bottles, tunnel appliances etc, to daily products, and exihibited total hundreds of them in the Peace Museum.

This Peace Museum which includes broad products of hictorical records provided Gamaoreum learning sites to experience the underground tunnel. This facility is expected to be the noted place to contribute to the world peace and peace on Korean Peninsula.

The length of underground tunnel opened to public is 300m out of 2,000m. Its dimension is height of 160cm-2m and width of 1.5-3m. There are various spaces such as around 10 pyeong of a room assumed to be for the commander, meeting room, lodgings, medical room inside the tunnel.
Peace Museum provides with wooden safety facilities supported the tunnel passage of 300m. Lighting facilities are also provided so that visitors can experience the grim sites at that time.
At the entrance of the tunnel, 100 pyeong of exhibition room is newly built in 12,000 pyeong of the site to display various records which Japanese army has used. Video room of 100 pyeong shows verbal evidence about the move and administration of war facilities such as powder dump.

Convenient facilities and parking zone for 100 cars are also provided at the entrance of tunnel.

The Gamaoreum where Peace Museum is located is an low oreum of 140.5m above the sea level. It is formed by red layers of lava podwer with sea pine trees and scrubs together. There is a crater in shape of horseshoe in the north-eastern area with grass fields scattered. It is expected to be a noted place where you can experience historical site of brutality of Japanese empire and enjoy nature as well.