There is an enormous row brewing in Nagasaki prior to the re-opening of
the Atomic Museum on Monday April 1st after a complete renewal of the
exhibitions.  There seems to have been an EXACT mirror-image of last
year's Smithsonian troubles - with demands for the removal of
sections about the implications of Japanese inter-War militarism,
treatment of prisoners of war etc., and there are rumoured to have even
been personal threats against museum staff and key local politicians in
Nagasaki by far-right groups.

The London "Independent" newspaper had the latest on this in yesterday's
edition, and I will see if this article is available on line anywhere,
and report back.  Failing that I will try to post a summary sometime in
the next few days - though our very severe UK copyright laws limit the
amount that could be included.

If anyone finds anything elsewhere (? NYT or CNN on-lines perhaps) please
post details to the list.

Patrick Boylan

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On Wed, 27 Mar 1996, J. Kiple wrote:

> I am writing a paper on controversial exhibits.  While I am aware of the
> Freud and Enola Gay exhibits, I would like to know about controversial
> exhibits at other museums and how they were handled.  I appreciate any
> responses.  Please feel free to respond off-list if you wish.
> Thank you.
>
> Julia Kiple
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