National Museum of American History
Building the Bomb: Forty Years After Hiroshima (Case of the Month)
August 6, 1985 – November 7, 1985
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This exhibition features some 45 photographs, drawings, documents, and artifacts illustrating the development of the atomic bomb under the Manhattan Project, the decision to use it in the war, and the destructive effects on Japan. The exhibit will include bomb casings for the type of bomb used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.