National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

While on our New Mexico holiday adventure our next stop was the National Museum of Nuclear Science and Industry in Albuquerque.  The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History is a  resource for the history and science of the military and civilian nuclear program in the United States. The museum includes a variety of scale models of nuclear weapons, exhibits from the Manhattan Program (including a scale model of "the gadget" detonated at the Trinity test on July 16th 1945 at Trinity Site in New Mexico ushering in the Atomic Age), and exhibits of civilian and medicinal uses of the Atom. The exterior yard includes military aircraft (e.g. B-52, B-47, B-29, F-16), missiles (e.g. MX, Peacekeeper, Titan II, Minuteman, Thor, Polaris, cruise missiles), as well as a 280mm Atomic Cannon (fascinating in itself).  The Museum was chartered by Congress in 1991 as the official Atomic Museum of the United States and includes many educational exhibits on nuclear energy as well as the legion of scientists who worked to understand and unleash the power of the Atom. And ... as always ... exciting through the gift shop is a welcome treat for geeks!

http://www.nuclearmuseum.org