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Weixian Internment Camp Site Museum 潍县西方侨民集中营旧址博物馆Wéixiàn Xīfāng Qiáomín Jízhōngyíng Jiùzhǐ Bówùguǎn
National heritage site · Weifang, Shandong
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Weifang
- Region
- Shandong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Weixian Internment Camp Site Museum
The site is an American Presbyterian mission compound founded in 1882, which the Japanese turned into an internment camp during the Second World War, holding more than 2,000 foreign civilians, including 327 children. Seven of the original buildings survive and house a museum with displays on the mission compound, the camp and the wider anti-fascist war, beside a peace park on the Yu River. Internees included the Olympic champion Eric Liddell, who died there in 1945.
How to get to Weixian Internment Camp Site Museum
In Kuiwen district of Weifang, beside the Yu River and close to the city centre; the museum is closed on Mondays except public holidays.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Shihu Garden 十笏园 (under 10 km), Bailang Oasis Wetland Park 白浪绿洲湿地公园 (under 10 km), Jinbao Paradise, Weifang 金宝乐园 (under 10 km), Yangjiabu Folk Art Grand View Garden 杨家埠民间艺术大观园 (10 km), Fangzi German and Japanese Buildings (Fangci Town) 坊子德日建筑群 (10 km), World Kite Park, Anqiu 世界风筝公园 (20 km).
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