Museum of Nuclear Science and History

While in Albuquerque I was able to visit the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History.  It's a really fun & quirky museum with interesting exhibits featuring the development of nuclear medicine and energy in addition to nuclear weapons history and, of course, the atomic bomb.  They also have an extensive collection of missiles and planes.  These have yet to be organized into a permanent display and make up a surreal nuclear junk yard behind the museum. Here are some photo highlights:

Nuclear junkyard in the desert- feels like a scene from Tatooine.

 

 

Atomic Cannon!!

Sail without the submarine.

Little Boy and Fat Man

WWII bombsight

Bomb sight closeup.

1970s British Missile.  Of course it has the best paint job.

X-ray

Early X-ray machine.  This would make a great China cabinet.

 

Yum yum...irradiated water...

My favorite picture of the day. Irradiated milk from contented cows. :)

 

 

Bow ties are cool.

Gamma camera (predecessor to the MRI).  Imagine if your doctor told you to get into this thing!

My Lego graphite pile is more reactive than your Lego graphite pile.

No nuclear museum would be complete without an animatronic Einstein. 

 I definitely recommend visiting the museum.  More info can be found here:
http://www.nuclearmuseum.org