The main exhibit of the atomic bomb Museum in Nagasaki is the layout of the atomic bomb on 9 August 1945 at 11 a.m. was dropped from American b-29 "Bockscar". The explosion instantly killed 74 thousands of residents and many were exposed to radiation and died from its effects.

New modern Museum building was constructed in 1996, when we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The Museum was built in the very epicenter of the explosion. It was the Urakami district – cozy suburb in the 20-ies of the last century has been chosen to host military factories.

In the Museum building, the epicenter is marked by a black pillar, which is crowned by the figure of an angel. The main exhibits of the Museum are photographs of the victims of the bombing, as well as video interviews with those who survived it. In addition, there are personal belongings and items that were mangled in the explosion, and the watch is stopped at the time of the disaster and has since been showing only one time is 11 hours and 02 minutes. There are among the exhibits and photographs depicting the life of the city before the explosion.

It also tells the story of the creation of nuclear weapons, fact reproduced the attack and described the events that led to disaster. Nuclear air strikes inflicted on the two cities – Hiroshima and Nagasaki were done to expedite the surrender of Japan in world war II. Nuclear "argument" was used by the United States in August 1945.

Leaving the Museum, visitors can take a souvenir figurine paper crane, of which there are myriad. Origami in the form of origami cranes has become a symbol of the Japanese tragedy. The paper is first folded girl Sadako Sasaki who was exposed to radiation during the atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima, and after 10 years died of leukemia. On it heard the legend of the thousand paper cranes was to fulfill the dearest wish, but the girl managed to make a paper only 644 birds.

The atomic bomb Museum is located next to the Memorial hall in memory of the victims of the atomic bombing.