Well worth a visit if you’re visiting Hiroshima. The entry fees are incredibly low, and the wait to enter was only a few minute's. The displays are good, if not a little repetitive at times, but no great issue. We spent 90-120 minutes in the museum, give or take. You could take longer if you stop and read everything.

An amazing experience. The museum is sobering and contains lots of information. However it was extremely crowded when we visited at about 10.30 am on a weekday. Hundreds of school children and other tourists - which made it very claustrophobic and almost impossible to read the many interesting information boards and exhibits. It definitely made our visit much less of an experience than it should have been.

Many reviewers complained about the layout but I found it actually very effective. When you enter the first part of the museum it feels as if you're cut off from the outside world which makes walking through the exhibition not a leisurely stroll but a test of endurance. It fits the harrowing exhibition and displays. But as others pointed out, it was extremely crowded and it was sometimes hard to be able to read the displays. The museum is a must see in Japan. When you leave the museum, you're not the same person as you were before.

The memorial museum is a must visit. I've been here before and the experience once again highlighted the trauma of war fare and the impact of two atomic bombs detonated over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was important to see the other side of the story.... The walk through the peace park was certainly a time to reflect when looking at the remnants of the Bomb Dome which was just below the explosion but not completely destroyed.

Of all the monuments in Peace Memorial Park, I enjoyed the Museum the most. It is very well laid out and tells its story well with plenty of documentation. This section of the Museum brought to life the stories of the victims and survivors who were depicted in photographs as well as in letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral histories. I could connect the history of a victim's account of the event and subsequent years. Of course, there are many gory, graphic pictures too showing too much detail that sometimes forced me to look away.

A harsh reminder that world peace is the answer if we are going to avoid the hardships and pain of war. American children are often told a different perspective of the A-bomb. This tells the story of the people that lived and died. Take your time and go early.

The museum itself is amazing, as is the audio tour. However, it’s too busy! I don’t think they manage the numbers well enough, it’s so busy you just get swept through by the crowd, no time to take in the solemnity of the exhibitions or read all the signs. A shame, I think they could do ticketing better to make the experience better.

Came here as part of guided tour of Hiroshima and the surrounding areas. Due to time limits on our tour we only had time to view the free exhibition in this museum. These were extremely interesting and it would have been lovely to have had more time to view them in more detail.

If you are a Senior Citizen show your id for a discount. Read the stories about what happened to local residents which are featured there. Look at pictures of what Hiroshima used to look like before the Atomic bomb.

We took a self-organised day trip from Osaka via the Shinkansen to visit Hiroshima. The Peace Memorial Museum is the central 'attraction' and we found the museum to very appropriately hit the spot with this difficult subject. Told from the view of the people of Hiroshima (a context the West rarely receives) the museum focuses on the human effects of that single moment in the immediate and long term aftermaths as well a section explaining in detail the development and effects of atomic weaponry. A must to go to if you're visiting Japan. It takes 1h20m on the Shinkansen from Osaka then Tram No 1 from the station and short walk from the tram stop to the memorial site. The whole park surrounding the museum with the various memorial artefacts, including the A Bomb Dome building are also musts to see.