Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum

Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum
袋町小学校平和資料館
Established February 2, 1873,
built in December 1937,
opened as a museum in April 2002
Location 6-36, Fukuromachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Website www.fukuromachi-e.edu.city.hiroshima.jp/siryoukan.htm

The Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum (袋町小学校平和資料館 Fukuromachi Shogakkou Heiwa Shiryokan) is a peace museum in Fukuromachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. The school was one of the closest schools to ground zero when the atomic bomb fell on August 6, 1945. They lost about 160 students and teachers and the building was heavily damaged. After a few days, the school became a first aid station, and its black burned wall became a message board to find missing people. The Peace Museum is the section of the school building with the basement of the former Municipal Fukuromachi Elementary School in Hiroshima. The school is keeping it as a relic of the atomic explosion, to foster peace, and to send their information to the world.

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Coordinates: 34°23′30″N 132°27′31″E / 34.391760°N 132.458706°E / 34.391760; 132.458706

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