The Bomb and its Aftermath
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sat 12 Jul '25 – Sun 14 Sep '25 (DAILY event)
Overview
Twenty-one days after the first successful detonation in the desert at Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA, an atomic bomb was detonated over Hiroshima, Japan on 6 August 1945, and three days later over Nagasaki. What brought World War II to an end, ended an estimated 160,000 - 240,000 lives and changed our world.
They are honoured to display three artefacts on loan from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, and to tell the stories of their young owners…
Twenty-one days after the first successful detonation in the desert at Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA, an atomic bomb was detonated over Hiroshima, Japan on 6 August 1945, and three days later over Nagasaki. What brought World War II to an end, ended an estimated 160,000 - 240,000 lives and changed our world.
They are honoured to display three artefacts on loan from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, and to tell the stories of their young owners on that terrible day.
The World Remade: The 80th anniversary of the end of World War II
To mark its end in the Pacific, the museum is delivering a series of programs, events, activations and exhibitions under the banner The World Remade. Discover our objects and stories with a map available from the museum front desk.