The Atomic Testing Museum museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, documents the history of nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in the desert north of Las Vegas. The museum opened in March 2005. For other uses around the city, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... Preparation for an underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site in the 1980s. ... The Nevada Test Site is a United States Department of Energy reservation located in Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the City of Las Vegas, near . ...
The museum covers the period from the first test at NTS on January 27, 1951 to the present. Among its exhibits covering American nuclear history is a "Ground Zero Theater" which simulates the experience of observing an atmospheric nuclear test. January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...
The museum is operated by the Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organisation, in association with the Smithsonian Institute. 501(c)(3) is a provision of the US tax code that provides exempt status, for Federal income tax purposes, for some non-profit organizations in the United States (see 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)). The term refers to: Section 501. ... The Smithsonian castle, as seen through the garden gate. ...
Prices: 12.00 Gen. Admission 9.00 Youth 9.00 Student 9.00 Seniors 9.00 Military Open M-S 9-5 Sun.1-5
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National Test Site Historical Foundation - Atomic Testing Museum
You enter the museum through a recreation of the guard station at the edge of the test site and are immediately confronted with giant photos of the awesome and fearful power of what went on there.
Both horrifying and somehow beautiful, the photos set the tone for the rest of the museum, honoring the scientific achievement while never losing sight of the psychological, societal, and literal fallout the testing brought with it.
The AtomicTestingMuseum is run by a group of dedicated people, many of whom worked at the test site during its heyday.
The importance of the testing facility in Nevada is chronicled in the 8,000-square-foot AtomicTestingMuseum through the use of oral histories, multimedia presentations and unique artifacts.
The AtomicTestingMuseum is located in the Frank H. Rogers Science and Technology Building on the Desert Research Institute campus and offers more than 370,000 declassified documents.
The museum is filled with numerous photos and brief descriptions of each, including a photo of "Bravo," the largest American nuclear test, at Bikini Atoll in 1954.
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