The main exhibit of the Museum of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki is the layout of the atomic bomb itself, which is August 9, 1945 at 11 o'clock in the morning was dropped from an American B-29 bomber «Bockscar». The blast instantly killed 74,000 inhabitants of the city and many more were exposed and died from its effects.

The new modern museum building was built in 1996, which marked the fiftieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The museum was built in the epicenter of the explosion. He was Urakami district - a cozy suburb, which in the 20s of the last century has been chosen location for military factories.

The building of the museum marked the epicenter of a black column, which is crowned by the figure of an angel. The main exhibits of the museum are photographs of victims of the bombing, as well as video interviews with those who survived it. In addition, personal items and items that have been mangled in the explosion, as well as watches, staying at the time of the accident and has since been showing only one time - 11:00 02 minutes. There among the exhibits and photos, which depicted the life of the city before the explosion.

It also tells the story of the creation of nuclear weapons played a fact of assault and described the events that led to the disaster. Nuclear air strikes inflicted on the two cities - Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been committed in order to expedite the surrender of Japan in World War II. Nuclear "argument" used the US in August 1945.

Leaving the museum, visitors can take a souvenir figurine paper crane, of which there are a great many. Origami crane has become a symbol of the Japanese one tragedy. First folded cranes girl Sadako Sasaki, who were exposed at the time of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, and 10 years later died of leukemia. According to legend, heard it a thousand paper cranes had to fulfill fondest wish, but she managed to fold the paper only 644 birds.

Atomic Bomb Museum is located next to the Memorial Hall of memory of victims of the atomic bombing.