広島を5月27日に訪門したアメリカのオバマ大統領は、広島平和記念資料館（原爆資料館）を訪門した際、自ら折った「折り鶴」4羽を持参した。時事ドットコムなどが報じた。出迎えた小中学生にピンクや青色の自作の折り鶴を手渡した。
折り鶴は4羽で、10センチほどの大きさ。花柄など和風の模様入りの紙で折られている。2羽を小中学生に渡し、残る2羽は資料館の芳名録に署名後、脇に添えた。「少し手伝ってもらいましたが、私が折りました」と安倍晋三首相に説明した。
同行した資料館の志賀賢治館長によると、オバマ氏は、禎子さんの鶴をとても関心を持って見ていたという。
（オバマ氏が自作の折り鶴 禎子さんの鶴に関心 - 共同通信 47NEWSより 2016/05/27 23:37）
オバマ米大統領が贈った折り鶴＝２７日午後、広島市中区（撮影日：2016年05月27日）
オバマ氏は小中学生２人に親しげに語り掛け、「英語も勉強して」と励ましたという。原爆資料館を訪れた際には、「原爆の子の像」のモデルで、被爆し12歳で亡くなった佐々木禎子さんが闘病中に作った折り鶴を見た。
佐々木禎子さんがモデルとなった「原爆の子の像」
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