Hiroshima Peace Museum to lend A-bomb related items for ICAN exhibition at Oslo’s Nobel Peace Center
Oct. 25, 2017
by Kanako Noda, Staff Writer
It was learned on October 24 that the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, located in Naka Ward, is now looking into the idea of lending Hiroshima A-bomb related items to the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway. The center is planning an exhibition to show the achievements made by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the non-governmental organization (NGO) that won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017, and has requested that the Hiroshima museum lend out some items for this exhibition. The museum has said it will examine the exhibition environment and respond positively to the request.
According to those involved, the Peace Memorial Museum received the request to lend some of its A-bomb related materials and documents through a Nobel Peace Center mediator on October 19. The Peace Center is planning to open the exhibition before December 10, when the ceremony to award the Nobel Peace Prize will be held in Oslo. The Peace Memorial Museum is thinking of lending some personal belongings from the A-bomb victims and other items which can convey the devastation that nuclear weapons inflict upon human beings. The museum will first consider the environment in which the exhibition will be held, along with the length of time these items will be displayed, then make a decision on which items to lend.
The Peace Center opened in 2005 to showcase the activities and achievements of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates. It has never before exhibited items held by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Kenji Shiga, the museum director, said, “We are very glad to be given this opportunity to show to the world some of the museum’s precious materials and documents that convey the tragedy that occurred on August 6, 1945. We would like to make every effort to ensure that the exhibition will be successful.”
Together with the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb survivors and many citizens’ groups, ICAN has worked to convey the inhumane nature of nuclear weapons and strongly appeal for the abolition of all nuclear weapons. On October 6, when the Nobel Peace Prize winner for this year was announced, the Nobel Prize Committee praised ICAN’s contributions to the establishment of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in July, emphasizing the innovative efforts that ICAN had made toward the realization of the treaty.
(Originally published on October 25, 2017)
It was learned on October 24 that the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, located in Naka Ward, is now looking into the idea of lending Hiroshima A-bomb related items to the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway. The center is planning an exhibition to show the achievements made by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the non-governmental organization (NGO) that won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017, and has requested that the Hiroshima museum lend out some items for this exhibition. The museum has said it will examine the exhibition environment and respond positively to the request.
According to those involved, the Peace Memorial Museum received the request to lend some of its A-bomb related materials and documents through a Nobel Peace Center mediator on October 19. The Peace Center is planning to open the exhibition before December 10, when the ceremony to award the Nobel Peace Prize will be held in Oslo. The Peace Memorial Museum is thinking of lending some personal belongings from the A-bomb victims and other items which can convey the devastation that nuclear weapons inflict upon human beings. The museum will first consider the environment in which the exhibition will be held, along with the length of time these items will be displayed, then make a decision on which items to lend.
The Peace Center opened in 2005 to showcase the activities and achievements of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates. It has never before exhibited items held by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Kenji Shiga, the museum director, said, “We are very glad to be given this opportunity to show to the world some of the museum’s precious materials and documents that convey the tragedy that occurred on August 6, 1945. We would like to make every effort to ensure that the exhibition will be successful.”
Together with the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb survivors and many citizens’ groups, ICAN has worked to convey the inhumane nature of nuclear weapons and strongly appeal for the abolition of all nuclear weapons. On October 6, when the Nobel Peace Prize winner for this year was announced, the Nobel Prize Committee praised ICAN’s contributions to the establishment of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in July, emphasizing the innovative efforts that ICAN had made toward the realization of the treaty.
(Originally published on October 25, 2017)
