Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

“Anyway, I’m sort of glad they’ve got the atomic bomb invented. If there’s ever another war, I’m going to sit right the hell on top of it. I’ll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

Here is the introduction of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum:

“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 museum is composed of the East Wing and the West Wing. When I visited the museum, the West Wing (the main building) was under the renovation. Thus, I was only able to visit the East Wing, which explains the lives of Hiroshima citizens before-during-after the World War 2 as well as contains personal belongings of the victims, including watches that stops at 8:15 am (the time of the atomic bombing).

The below is a brief introductory YouTube video of the museum:

“A virtual tour of Hiroshima Memorial Museum and Peace Memorial Park. In order to allow you your own personal learning experience, and out of respect for those who have sacrificed far more than I have in the name of preserving history, every word spoken in this video is quoted directly from the placards at the museum, brochures distributed at the museum, and the Hiroshima Memorial Museum official website. ”

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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

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