LibGuides: Nuclear Disaster Preparedness and Civil Defense: Atomic Tourism

Atomic Tourism

Below is a list of museums and historical sites you can visit if you are interested in learning more about nuclear science, weapons, and energy. (See also The Traveler's Guide to Nuclear Weapons for more sites, tips, etc.)

The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bradbury Science Museum (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Los Alamos, New Mexico
National Atomic Testing Museum
Las Vegas, Nevada
White Sands Missile Range Museum
White Sands, New Mexico
The American Museum of Science and Energy
Oak Ridge, Tennessee; affiliated with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Health Physics Historical Instrumentation Museum Collection
Oak Ridge, Tennessee. A great collection of toys, posters, health products, scientific equipment, and other objects "chronicl[ing] the scientific and commercial history of radioactivity and radiation."
The National Air and Space Museum: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Washington, D.C.
Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science, & Technology
Richmond, Washington (state)
New Mexico Mining Museum
Grants, New Mexico. One of the few uranium mining museums in the world.
The Greenbrier Bunker
Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. This is a massive underground bunker built for the United States Congress to use during the Cold War; now open to the public.
CFS Carp, aka "The Diefenbunker"
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This is a bunker built by the Canadian government to protect government officials in case of nuclear war.