Old Korean Legation Museum

The Old Korean Legation Museum, located in Washington, D.C.'s Logan Circle, is a historic house museum that showcases Korea's diplomatic history in the United States. Originally built in 1877 for military officer Seth Ledyard Phelps, it served as the legation for the Joseon kingdom and later the Korean Empire from 1889 until Japan's annexation of Korea in 1910. The museum, which opened in 2018 after extensive renovations, features Victorian architecture, a library, banquet hall, and a small garden. It stands as a symbol of Korea's struggle for sovereignty and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.