The stopped clock
At 11:02.
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A museum in Nagasaki telling the story of the atomic bombing of the city on 9 August 1945 at 11:02 a.m. It opened in April 1996, replacing the International Culture Hall where the artefacts were first shown, and is the counterpart of Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Museum. The exhibition runs in sequence: daily life in Nagasaki before the bombing, the day itself and the destruction it caused, then the history of nuclear weapons and the call for peace. Among its best-known items are a wall clock stopped at 11:02, a full-size model of the bomb, and photographs, documents and objects from the city. Next door is the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, built in 2003, with a hall holding the registers of victims' names among lit glass pillars and a pool of water at its entrance. Tickets are 200 yen for adults and free for high school students and younger, according to the City of Nagasaki; it opens 8:30-17:30, to 18:30 from May to August, per visitor guides. Some exhibits are distressing, so take care when visiting with children.
At 11:02.
Lit glass pillars.
Before and after.
Hirano-machi, Nagasaki
200 yen for adults since April 2026 and free for high school students and younger, according to the City of Nagasaki.
