Collections Display - People's History Museum: The national museum of democracy

We apologise that Gallery Two will be closed from 2.30pm on 26, 27, and 28 June. Gallery One and the On The Line exhibition are both open to visit until 5.00pm.

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Catalogue Number
Temp.2024.8.5

Object Name
Leaflet

Title
Statement of Lijon Eknilang - Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands

Place
Marshall Islands; Pacific Islands

People
Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific; Eknilang, Lijon

Date
1980s

Description
Printed leaflet titled "Statement of Lijon Eknilang - Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands" about the impact of US nuclear bomb tests in the 1940s and 1950s. On the back is more information about malnutrition and disease in the Marshall Islands following nuclear testing, and self-determination after 400 years of colonisation.

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"Statement of Lijon Eknilang leaflet" [Temp.2024.8.5]