Ham Seok-heon Memorial Hall

Ham Seok-heon Memorial Hall, opened in September 2015, is the Ssangmun-dong home in Dobong-gu where Ham Seok-heon (1901-1989), a human rights activist and democracy movement leader known as Korea's "Gandhi", spent his last seven years. He founded the magazine "The Voice of the People" (Ssial-ui Sori) and was also a poet, educator, journalist and Quaker Christian thinker. The first floor covers his life with exhibits, videos, handwritten manuscripts, photographs and belongings. The basement is a community space with seminar rooms and a library, and the hall is designated Seoul Future Heritage.