The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, NM (Nov. 22)

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After spending the night at Gallup, NM, we traveled on to Albuquerque for a 3 day Thanksgiving rest. Upon arrival and moving in to our motel, I left for an afternoon visiting the National Nuclear Museum located there. The museum is only a very few years old and is divided into 3 different sections: nuclear energy as a science, peaceful ways to use nuclear energy, and the history of nuclear energy, including wartime use. It was a very informative and educational afternoon and I would highly recommend anybody with a history or science interest to visit it.

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Photos

Periodic Table of Elements
The floor when you enter the museum.

Nuclear waste cannister
A very safe way to trasport spent nuclear materials to a safe area for storage.

Two important bombs
Little Boy (Aug 6, 1945) and Fat Man (Aug 9, 1945) stopped the war with Japan.

Fall-out shelter
A replica of the popular 1950's underground shelter

Outside the museum
The grounds outside are slowly getting organized and planes and missles are being put on display. Since this is a nonprofit organization, the progress is not as fast as it could be.

Atomic canon
I never knew we had one...a canon that shot out an atomic bomb

B-52
I remember when I used to watch The B-52s go over our S. CA house. They were part of SAC based at March Air Force Base.

B-52
The bomb-bay that would house the bombs in this giant warplane.

Titan Missle
Eventually this giant missle iwill be installed permanently. These were at on time housed in underground missle silos