Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Hiroshima · Japan · Founded 1955

A solemn museum within Peace Memorial Park, dedicated to the victims of the 6 August 1945 atomic bombing.

About Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Designed by Kenzo Tange and opened in 1955, the museum sits within Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park alongside the Cenotaph and the preserved Atomic Bomb Dome.

The exhibitions document the human and material consequences of the atomic bombing through personal effects, photographs, and survivor testimony, and present the city's continuing call for nuclear abolition.

Collections & Highlights

Personal effects of bombing victims
Reconstructed scene of central Hiroshima after the blast
Survivor testimony recordings
Adjacent A-Bomb Dome and Peace Park

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