Atomic Histories

Remembering New Mexico’s Nuclear Past

Jun 3, 2018 through Jan 19, 2020

The Atomic Histories exhibit explores the most famous events, sometimes little known stories, and inventions born here which impact our lives, and helps to recognize the remarkable contributions of thousands of people involved in writing New Mexico’s Atomic Histories for the last 75 years. 

Photo courtesy of the Los Alamos Historical Society Archives 

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The Meeting Installation, by Meridel Rubenstein.

Without a badge from the office at 109 East Palace, Santa Fe, no one was admitted inside the gates of the Manhattan Project. Military guards were on duty at all hours. PHOTOGRAPH CREDIT: Los Alamos Historical Society Archive.

Oppenheimer’s Chair, by Meridel Rubenstein. Photo Courtesy: New Mexico History Museum

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