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The National Atomic Museum,
Kirtland Air Force Base,
Albuquerque, New Mexico


Since its opening in 1969, the objective of the National Atomic museum
has been to provide a readily accessible repository of educational
materials, and information on the Atomic Age. In addition, the
museum's goal is to preserve, interpret, and exhibit to the public
memorabilia of this Age. In late 1991 the museum was chartered by
Congress as the United States' only official Atomic museum.

Prominently featured in the museum's high bay is the story of the
Manhattan Engineer District, the unprecedented 2.2 billion dollar
scientific-engineering project that was centered in New Mexico during
World War II. The Manhattan Project as it was more commonly called,
developed, built, and tested the world's first Atomic bomb in New
Mexico. This display also includes casings similar to the only Atomic
bombs ever used in warfare. Dropped on the Japanese cities of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, these two bombs helped bring World War II to
an end in mid-August 1945. The story of the Manhattan Project's three
secret cities, Hanford, Washington, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, is also presented in this area.

A portion of the museum, the low bay, is devoted to exhibits on the