Which is the best Nuclear Science Museum?
Aug 16th, 2010, 11:06 AM
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Which is the best Nuclear Science Museum?
I'm kind of a Shopping/Art/Foodie snob travelling with A-bomb science groupies.
I have tolerance for one -- count it ONE -- museum about the Atom Bomb. So what's it to be -- Bradbury in Los Alamos or National Museum of Nuclear Science in Albuquerque? Our group will include teens and preteens, and I would like to learn something there too -- so please, do you have a recommendation for the most informative/ interesting of the nuclear science museums? Or, do they differ in some fundamental way? -- like is one more about the science of splitting the atom and the other about the history of developing the bomb?
Things you might want to know: our trip is next week (!), we'll be in New Mexico for only 5 days (unfortunately). We have some VERY science knowledgable people and some less so (a pre-teen), and um, me, but would like an experience that we can all benefit from.
Thanks so much!
absthegal
I have tolerance for one -- count it ONE -- museum about the Atom Bomb. So what's it to be -- Bradbury in Los Alamos or National Museum of Nuclear Science in Albuquerque? Our group will include teens and preteens, and I would like to learn something there too -- so please, do you have a recommendation for the most informative/ interesting of the nuclear science museums? Or, do they differ in some fundamental way? -- like is one more about the science of splitting the atom and the other about the history of developing the bomb?
Things you might want to know: our trip is next week (!), we'll be in New Mexico for only 5 days (unfortunately). We have some VERY science knowledgable people and some less so (a pre-teen), and um, me, but would like an experience that we can all benefit from.
Thanks so much!
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Aug 17th, 2010, 06:55 AM
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The Bradbury in Los Alamos (http://www.lanl.gov/museum/ ) has quite a lot of information on display and several hands-ons exhibits - as well as a short video/movie. There is something for everyone to discover about science... and it is free admission.
Can't provide feedback on the National Museum of Nuclear Science (http://www.nuclearmuseum.org/) as I have only driven by it.
Can't provide feedback on the National Museum of Nuclear Science (http://www.nuclearmuseum.org/) as I have only driven by it.
Aug 17th, 2010, 07:06 AM
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I havebeen to The Bradbury and thought it was very well done. And since it's in Los Alamos, where the project took place, I thought that added to the experience.
I have also been to one in ABQ [at a previous location] and didn't think it was anywhere near as good.
I am not the stickler on this topic, but I'd go with The Bradbury.
I have also been to one in ABQ [at a previous location] and didn't think it was anywhere near as good.
I am not the stickler on this topic, but I'd go with The Bradbury.
Aug 18th, 2010, 05:53 AM
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If you go to the Branbury, take a little time to check out Bandelier NM for a look at something that is sooo far from nuclear science, a Native American site that is carved into the rock (really hardened volcanic ash) and would be a great place to explore outside after being in the museum. It is only minutes from Los Alamos.
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