Seodaemun Prison History Hall (서대문형무소 역사관)

The prison built by the Japanese colonial government in 1908 to detain independence movement activists operated until 1987 and is now a museum of Korean resistance history. The original cell blocks, execution chamber, and solitary confinement rooms are preserved and open to walk through. The stories of the people imprisoned here — including Yoo Gwan-soon, who died here in 1920 at nineteen after being tortured — are documented throughout. One of the most serious historical sites in Seoul.

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