Joint special exhibition by the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum begins to mitigate congestion of museum visitors, under the theme of Akatsuki Corps
Aug. 2, 2024
by Michio Shimotaka, Staff Writer
On August 1, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, both located at the Peace Memorial Park in the city’s Naka Ward, started a joint special exhibition to display a collection of the museum’s A-bombed materials at the memorial hall. This is the first attempt to alleviate traffic for people visiting the museum. This joint exhibition features the Japanese Imperial Army’s Shipping Command, commonly known as Akatsuki Corps, which engaged in rescue work in Hiroshima immediately after the atomic bombing, and will continue until August 31.
In time with the planned exhibition of Akatsuki Corps that the memorial hall now holds until the end of February next year, the museum provided part of its collection related to the corps, which consists of about 70 items, including a photo of the mushroom cloud taken by an Akatsuki Corps’ photography team member, drawings of the corps members’ activities, and a pair of tweezers used by them for relief efforts of the victims. The items are displayed along with comments left by the corps’ members, such as “Can humanity inflict any greater cruelty upon itself?”
Ken Yamanaka, 55, company worker from Tokyo, gazed at the exhibits, saying, “I originally came to visit the Peace Memorial Museum, but it is also worth seeing an exhibition at the memorial hall.”
The joint special exhibit held at the memorial hall is advertised at the museum through the distribution of a leaflet, at its entrance, referencing the exhibit. Admission is free. It is open from 8:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. (until 8:00 p.m. on August 5 and 6).
(Originally published on August 2, 2024)
On August 1, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, both located at the Peace Memorial Park in the city’s Naka Ward, started a joint special exhibition to display a collection of the museum’s A-bombed materials at the memorial hall. This is the first attempt to alleviate traffic for people visiting the museum. This joint exhibition features the Japanese Imperial Army’s Shipping Command, commonly known as Akatsuki Corps, which engaged in rescue work in Hiroshima immediately after the atomic bombing, and will continue until August 31.
In time with the planned exhibition of Akatsuki Corps that the memorial hall now holds until the end of February next year, the museum provided part of its collection related to the corps, which consists of about 70 items, including a photo of the mushroom cloud taken by an Akatsuki Corps’ photography team member, drawings of the corps members’ activities, and a pair of tweezers used by them for relief efforts of the victims. The items are displayed along with comments left by the corps’ members, such as “Can humanity inflict any greater cruelty upon itself?”
Ken Yamanaka, 55, company worker from Tokyo, gazed at the exhibits, saying, “I originally came to visit the Peace Memorial Museum, but it is also worth seeing an exhibition at the memorial hall.”
The joint special exhibit held at the memorial hall is advertised at the museum through the distribution of a leaflet, at its entrance, referencing the exhibit. Admission is free. It is open from 8:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. (until 8:00 p.m. on August 5 and 6).
(Originally published on August 2, 2024)
