This was a very harrowing visit but the museum is very well done and we are really pleased we visited Nagasaki as well as Hiroshima. There are lots of good exhibits. The video testimonies were very moving. It was really interesting to watch the Australian...More

We travelled here after visiting Hiroshima and did both museums. Both my husband and myself felt that this museum offered more (the other is still very good). We elected to do the audio guide and felt that the place was less crowded and that you...More

Really interesting, very well presented, this is the story of the awful day in August 1945 when the atomic. Bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. In general,the detail is clearly presented (it’s a pity that one wall is presented in Japanese, without translation), and one can...More

With the focus on peace and education this museum is thought provoking, providing information on the horrors of the atomic bomb. Personal stories and exhibits bring to life the suffering of the people of Nagasaki. There should be far more world focus and awareness on...More

This museum is "quaint" compared to the high tech one in Hiroshima. I learned a lot here, its important to keep an open mind as the history lessons are a bit different than what I learned decades ago. I lingered here reading everything and I...More

We walked here from the port expecting to take half an hour, actually it took one hour twenty minutes Flat for most of the way but a short climb at the end. We had several conversations along the way with young Japanese people just to...More

Was a very heartwrenching experience, reading about the peaceful days of Nagasaki and suddenly so many innocent lives lost in just that few minutes. So many young children, kids in school, parents at home ...The pictures say so much about the very sad impact that...More