Saturday went to another free museum, right downtown where I always hang out, that I had no idea about. The Daegu Modern History Museum is a 3 story brick building with no windows, so its easy to confuse it with a power utility building hiding lots of machinery. Turns out its an interesting two story building housing photos and artefacts from Daegu's history from the early half of the 20th century.

As you enter the interior is a large hall with period architecture and hanging chandaliers. There are different displays of events in daegu life, such as an old rickshaw, gramaphone, two piece telephone, and pictures of schoolife. There is also a display showing how samsung started business by sellling daegu apples.

You take an elevator to the second floor which is a photo gallery showing many scenes of life from the early age of photography, as well as street scenes and architecture which no longer exist. There is a photo of the original daegu station, long since demolished, and of Daegu Cathedral which was once the tallest building in the landscape.

Beside the elevator on the ground floor I was surprised to see a photo of Marilyn Munroe who had visited troops in Daegu during the korean war in 1954. The museum is at the end of Gyeongsang-gamyeong Park which is a small park in the city centre with the old house of the governor, and a mini bridge over a pond and water fountains.