History
- Opened as a packing plant of Ujina provisions and fodder plant for Imperial Army in March, 1911.
- Handed over from a private company to Hiroshima City in 1977.
- Repaired the building in 1984.
- Opened as the museum in 1985.
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Famous quotes containing the word history:
“The history of men’s opposition to women’s emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
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“Regarding History as the slaughter-bench at which the happiness of peoples, the wisdom of States, and the virtue of individuals have been victimized—the question involuntarily arises—to what principle, to what final aim these enormous sacrifices have been offered.”
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