Space shuttle in Children Palace - Pyongyang North Korea

The Mangyongdae Schoolchildren’s Palace was opened in 1989 as a “comprehensive extracurricular educational center for schoolchildren.” says the official speech . It consists of an eight-story central building and various annex buildings totaling over 1,108,000 sq. ft. / 103,000 sq. m. The annexes house a science block, an art block, a gymnasium, an indoor swimming pool and a 2,000 seat theater. There are 700 rooms for various purposes including music and dance practice rooms, mathematics, chemistry, astronomy, computer science, automotive, machine tool, sports, etc.
Over 12,000 pupils visit the palace each day, cared for by over 500 teachers and several hundred more lecturers and assistants.It is located in Pyongyang

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