Hiroshima Children's Museum
Encyclopedia
The Hiroshima Children's Museum (広島市こども文化科学館 Hiroshima-shi Kodomo Bunka Kagakukan) is a science museum
for children in Hiroshima
, Japan
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Science museum
A science museum or a science centre is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in museology have broadened the range of...
for children in Hiroshima
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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History
The museum opened in the new building of the Hiroshima City Children's Library in 1980.Exhibitions
- Exploration hall — for the sense of science — with amusing items and apparatus
- Dreamland of the sky — for the basic science — sparks of the lightning, resonances of the lights and sounds
- Dr.Scitech's happy Laboratory — for the applied science
- Science of the Astronomy
- Theater "Apollo hall" — for the concerts, plays, musicals and other events
Planetarium
- The planetarium is on the 4th floor, with a 20-meter diameter dome theater screen and 340 sheets
- The main planetarium projectorPlanetarium projectorA planetarium projector is a device used to project images of celestial objects onto the dome in a planetarium.The first modern planetarium projectors were designed and built by the Carl Zeiss Jena company in Germany between 1923 and 1925, and have since grown more complex. Smaller projectors...
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-MS-20AT, and the all-sky monitor and video projectorVideo projectorA video projector is an image projector that receives a video signal and projects the corresponding image on a projection screen using a lens system. All video projectors use a very bright light to project the image, and most modern ones can correct any curves, blurriness, and other...
s - Programs
- Season programs will be changed to a new program every three months
- Star lights short lives with explanations on every Sunday from 16:00
- "Refretarium" (refresh with the planetarium with BGM) on every Wednesday from 12:30
- Star lights short lives with piano playing or talks of the special guests on every last Sunday from 16:00
- Concerts in the planetarium for adults
- Star Observations - free of charge - no reservation is required
- Education programs for school students - one week ahead reservation is required
Clubs
- Amateur radio club
- Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation kids club Hiroshima
- Super science museum
Other programs
- Internship for courage students
- Youth science volunteer to help the events and programs
Access
- Hiroden Genbaku Dome-mae StationHiroden Genbaku Dome-mae StationGenbaku Dome-mae is a Hiroden tram stop on the Hiroden Main Line, located in front of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Ote-machi 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan.-Routes:...
- Astram LineAstram LineThe is a new transit system operated by Hiroshima Rapid Transit in Hiroshima, Japan.-History:*August 8, 1994 - Opened for the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima...
Kencho-mae Station - Hiroshima Bus CenterHiroshima Bus Centeris the key bus terminal located in central Hiroshima.-History:*Hiroshima Bus terminal had been opened on July 29, 1957, gathering bus stops around Kamiya-cho, Hiroshima....