Hiroshima Children's Museum (広島市こども文化科学館) 広島市こども文化科学館
A planetarium opened in 1980, with a 20 m dome and 253 seats; the museum is free, the planetarium 510 yen.
The museum opened on 1 May 1980 in Hiroshima Central Park, between the castle and the Honkawa River. On the first three floors you experiment with science through hands-on activities; the fourth is the planetarium, with a dome twenty metres in diameter (interior measurement) and 253 seats, renewed together with the projectors between 2015 and 2017. Since 1 September 2017 it has also carried the commercial name ‘5-Daysこども文化科学館’, through naming rights, but the official name remains 広島市こども文化科学館.
Hiroshima
Kenchō-mae, Hondōri
