Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is located in Hiroshima Prefecture
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Location within Hiroshima Prefecture
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is located in Japan
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (Japan)
Established1955 (69 years ago) (1955)
Remodeled 1991 (33 years ago) (1991)
Renovated Peace Memorial Hall 1994 (30 years ago) (1994)
Renovated 2019 (5 years ago) (2019)
Location1-2 Nakajima-chō, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Coordinates34°23′30″N 132°27′07″E / 34.39167°N 132.45194°E / 34.39167; 132.45194
TypePeace museum
DirectorKoichiro Maeda
Websitehttps://hpmmuseum.jp/

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is a museum located in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, in central Hiroshima, Japan, dedicated to documenting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in World War II.

The museum was established in August 1955 with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall (now the International Conference Center Hiroshima [ja]). It is the most popular of Hiroshima's destinations for school field-trips from all over Japan and for international visitors. 53 million people had visited the museum from its opening in 1955 through 2005, averaging over one million visitors per year. The architect of the main building was Kenzō Tange.