Confronting the Reality of the Atomic Bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Looking north to the A-bomb Dome from the main museum building at the center of the park. (© Dōune Hiroko)

Museum Deputy Director Tōya Toshihiro describes the institution’s mission. (© Dōune Hiroko)

Visitors watch the computerized re-creation of the bombing in the Introductory Exhibit space. (© Dōune Hiroko)

Viewing Matsushige Yoshito’s photographs. (© Dōune Hiroko)

Clothing and other items from the bodies of fallen students are on display. (© Dōune Hiroko)

From the collection of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Donated by Tetsutani Nobuo.

From the collection of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Donated by Orimen Shigeko.

From the collection of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Donated by Asahi Teruichi.

Origami cranes folded by Sasaki Sadako from paper wrappers that had contained her medicine. From the collection of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Donated by Umeda Yoriko.

Shiga Kenji in front of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. (© Ishii Masato)