Abridged Timeline of the Atomic Bomb Dome

1915

Completion of the Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall

1921

Renamed the Hiroshima Prefectural Products Exhibition Hall

1933

Renamed the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall

1944

Building used as government and municipal offices (etc) following cessation of Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall operations

1945

Atomic bomb explodes

1953

Ownership transferred from Hiroshima Prefecture to the City of Hiroshima

1965

Structural soundness survey conducted

1966

Hiroshima City Council resolution to preserve the Atomic Bomb Dome adopted

Fundraising campaign for the preservation of the Atomic Bomb Dome begins

1967

Atomic Bomb Dome Preservation Project I

1989

Atomic Bomb Dome Preservation Project Ii (completed the following year)

1992

Full Structural Survey I (generally conducted every 3 years since)

1995

Designated National Historic Site

1996

Listed as a World Heritage site

2002

Atomic Bomb Dome Preservation Project Iii (completed the following year)

2015

Atomic Bomb Dome Preservation Project Iv (completed the following year)

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