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The North Korea Peace Museum is in the building constructed to house the signing of the Korean War Armistice Agreement on 27 July 1953 .. Korean War. Korean War. Armistice Agreement. Korean Armistice Agreement. North Korea. North Korea. It is located in the former village of Panmunjeom -LRB- P'anmunjom -RRB- in North Hwanghae Province , North Korea .. Panmunjeom. Panmunjeom. North Hwanghae Province. North Hwanghae Province. North Korea. North Korea. It is located approximately 1.2 km north-west of the Joint Security Area -LRB- JSA -RRB- , in the northern half of the Demilitarized Zone .. Joint Security Area. Joint Security Area. Demilitarized Zone. Korean Demilitarized Zone. The building is all that remains of the former village , and since the mid-1950s , references to Panmunjom actually refer to the Joint Security Area itself .. Joint Security Area. Joint Security Area. It is about 1.9 km north-east of Kijong-dong , often referred to as Propaganda Village .. Kijong-dong. Kijong-dong. The weapons used to kill U.S. Army Captain Arthur Bonifas and Lieutenant Mark Barrett in the axe murder incident of 1976 are housed within the Museum .. axe murder incident. axe murder incident. There is a symbol of a dove above the door .. At the time of the signing of the armistice , a copy of Pablo Picasso 's The Dove was hanging inside the building .. Pablo Picasso. Pablo Picasso. The Americans objected to it as a symbol of Communism -LRB- Picasso was a Communist -RRB- , and it was covered up .