There is no way to peace, peace

is the way. ~A. J. Muste

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

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).

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is divided into two parts: 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

The West Wing 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.

The watch stopping at the time the atomic bomb fallen