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Partial renewal of permanent exhibits at Schmoe House
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Around seventy years ago, American peace activist Floyd Schmoe came to Hiroshima with volunteers from America and Japan, and built "Houses for Hiroshima" for people who had lost their homes in the atomic bombing.
"Schmoe House", built as a community center, is the only House for Hiroshima still standing. Renovated as an exhibition facility, it was opened in 2012 as a branch of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
Schmoe House underwent a partial renewal of its exhibits, and was reopened on February 22, 2019, with additional artifacts and collections that have been donated or consigned to the facility, including clear color photographs taken by Floyd Schmoe and materials donated by the former residents of Houses for Hiroshima.
Renewed content:
(1) 22 additional photographs
・ Clear color photographs taken by Floyd Schmoe (full view of Eba Village, houses under
construction, a model house, apartment and guest house in Ushita Town, etc)
・ Photographs donated by former residents
・ Photographs of houses built in Nagasaki
(2) Update of explanatory panels
Additional explanations for full view of Eba Village, model house, apartment and guest house in Ushita Town, etc)
(3) 5 additional exhibits
1 envelope addressed to Schmoe House (replica), 4 construction drawings (replicas)
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Interior of the model house in Eba Town
(donated by Tomiko Schmoe, consigned by Schmoe ni Manabu Kai (Association to
Learn from Schmoe)
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