Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Museum is located in Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Park
, in central Hiroshima,
Japan
.It was established in August 1955 with the
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall (now the International Conference
Center Hiroshima).The museum exhibit presents the facts of the
atomic bombing, with the aims of contributing to the abolition of
nuclear weapons throughout the world, and of promoting world peace.
It is the most popular of Hiroshima's destinations for school
field-trips from all over Japan and for international visitors,
too. The architect of the main building was
Kenzo Tange.
Museum content
According to the introduction in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Museum English guide: "The Peace Memorial Museum collects and
displays belongings left by the victims, photos, and other
materials that convey the horror of that event, supplemented by
exhibits that describe Hiroshima before and after the bombings and
others that present the current status of the nuclear age. Each of
the items displayed embodies the grief, anger, or pain of real
people. Having now recovered from the A-bomb calamity, Hiroshima's
deepest wish is the elimination of all nuclear weapons and the
realization of a genuinely peaceful international community."
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum presents a very fair view of
the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The museum includes almost all
relevant parts of what the Imperial Japanese Army did during and
prior to World War II, and presents the military's actions in a
negative light. They also acknowledge the thousands of Korean
slaves who were also in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing. The
museum's lack of bias and abundance of information provides a clear
and thorough education of the horrors of nuclear weapons.
To facilitate education, the museum was renovated in 1994 and is
now divided into two sections.
The East Wing — the newest addition — explains the history of
Hiroshima City before the bomb, development and decision to drop
the bomb, the lives of Hiroshima citizens during World War II and
after the bombing, and ends with information about the nuclear age
and efforts for international peace. Included in this section is a
model showing the damage done to the city.
The West Wing, which was part of the old museum, concentrates on
the damage of the bomb. Sections include
Material Witness,
which shows clothing, watches, hair, and other personal effects
worn by victims of the bomb;
Damage by the Heat Rays, a
section that looks at what happened to wood, stone, metal, glass,
and flesh from the heat;
Damage by the Blast, focusing on
the destruction caused by the after shocks of the blast, and
Damage by the Radiation which goes into details about the
health effects suffered by humans.
Scaled down model of Hiroshima City
flattened after the explosion.
The red ball depicts the explosion point.
The Main Building of Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Museum
The East Building of Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Museum
Peace education programs
- A-bomb survivor testimony
- Video showings
- Loan of Photo Posters and Videos
- Peace Volunteer guide tour
Access
See also
External links
List of notable visitors
| Date |
Distinguished visitor |
| July 26, 1959 |
Ernesto Guevara |
| August 6, 1971 |
Eisaku Sato |
| August 6, 1976 |
Takeo Miki |
| February 25, 1981 |
Pope John Paul II |
| April 24, 1981 |
Margrethe II |
| August 6, 1981 |
Zenko Suzuki |
| December 8, 1981 |
Olof Palme |
| March 13, 1982 |
Sandro Pertini |
| August 26, 1982 |
Javier Pérez de
Cuéllar |
| December 7, 1983 |
Abu Sayeed Chowdhury |
| March 16, 1984 |
Iri Maruki, Toshi Maruki |
| May 25, 1984 |
Jimmy Carter |
| July 8, 1984 |
San Yu |
| August 5, 1984 |
Floyd Schmoe, Mary McMillan |
| September 15, 1984 |
Rodrigo Carazo Odio |
| November 10, 1984 |
Kalevi Sorsa |
| November 23, 1984 |
Mother Teresa |
| August 5, 1985 |
Leonard Bernstein |
| June 11, 1986 |
Bernard Lown, Eugueni Chazov |
| September 16, 1986 |
Maung Maung Kha |
| December 4, 1986 |
Miguel de la Madrid
Hurtado |
| February 26, 1987 |
Humayun Rashid
Chowdhury |
| September16,1987 |
Ati George Sokomanu |
| November 12, 1988 |
Adolfo Pérez
Esquivel |
| August 6, 1989 |
Sosuke Uno |
| September 14, 1989 |
Julio María
Sanguinetti Coirolo |
| November 4, 1989 |
Andrei Sakharov |
| March 17, 1990 |
Florence
Griffith-Joyner |
| August 6, 1990 |
Toshiki Kaifu |
| September 14, 1990 |
Hassan Gouled Aptidon |
| October 6, 1990 |
Oscar Arias
Sánchez |
| November 2, 1990 |
Mairead Maguire |
| November 10, 1990 |
Rafael Leonardo
Callejas |
| April 23, 1991 |
Junius Richard
Jayawardene |
| April 17, 1992 |
Mikhail Gorbachev |
| August 5, 1992 |
Pengiran Yusof |
| April 5, 1993 |
Martin Harwit |
| August 6, 1983 |
Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| November 4, 1993 |
Azlan Shah |
| November 24, 1993 |
Yuriko Kuronuma |
| April 22, 1994 |
Ingvar Carlsson |
| May 7, 1994 |
Mamoru Mori |
| August 6, 1994 |
Tomiichi Murayama |
| October 5, 1994 |
Juan Antonio
Samaranch |
| February 25, 1995 |
Mary Robinson |
| March 30, 1995 |
The Dalai
Lama |
| August 8, 1995 |
Richard von
Weizsäcker |
| September 16, 1995 |
Alberto Fujimori |
| November 1, 1995 |
Helmut Schmidt |
| December 6, 1995 |
Václav Havel |
| December 6, 1995 |
Kocheril Raman
Narayanan |
| December 6, 1995 |
Kenzaburo Oe |
| December 6, 1995 |
Elie Wiesel |
| August 6, 1996 |
Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| August 28, 1996 |
Betty
Williams |
| July 28, 1997 |
Frederik W. de Klerk |
| November 12, 1997 |
Shimon Peres |
| December 7, 1997 |
Tsutomu Hata |
| April 18, 1998 |
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro |
| June 12, 1998 |
Kuniwo Nakamura |
| June 27, 1998 |
Kazimierz Smolen |
| July 3, 1998 |
Milorad Dodik |
| August 6, 1998 |
Keizo Obuchi |
| November 6, 1998 |
Girija Prasad Koirala |
| December 9, 1998 |
Seamus Heaney |
| July 31, 1999 |
Vasco Rocha Vieira |
| March 12, 2000 |
Abdallah Baali |
| May 12, 2000 |
José Arnoldo Alemán
Lacayo |
| August 3, 2000 |
Hisashi Inoue |
| August 6, 2000 |
Yoshiro Mori |
| September 19, 2000 |
Carlos Filipe Ximenes
Belo |
| October 1, 2000 |
Simon Schopman,
CANADA |
| February 17, 2001 |
Abdulsalami Abubakar |
| February 22, 2001 |
Teburoro Tito |
| April 15, 2001 |
Helen Clark |
| August 6, 2001 |
Junichiro Koizumi |
| February 8, 2002 |
Aftab Seth |
| August 3, 2002 |
Barbara Lee |
| November 21, 2002 |
Grace Naledi Mandisa
Pandor |
| March 3, 2003 |
Fidel Castro Ruz |
| June 7, 2003 |
Ranil Wickremasinghe |
| January 29, 2004 |
Howard H. Baker, Jr |
| May 21, 2004 |
Jean Ping |
| August 5, 2004 |
Alexander Losyukov |
|
| November 4, 2004 |
Bertrand Delanoë, Mwai Kibaki |
| July 23, 2005 |
Viktor Yushchenko |
| March 15, 2006 |
Bingu wa Mutharika |
| June 18, 2009 |
Aret Muradyan, Nicantg |
| October 18, 2009 |
Lesao Lehohla |
| October 20, 2009 |
Sven Alkalaj |
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