Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas Photos

The Atomic Testing Museum explores the era when nuclear bombs were tested both in the air & underground near Las Vegas. One mural shows a photo of Freemont Street with a mushroom cloud in the distance.

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Atomic Testing Museum building preserves history of U.S. Atomic Test Center near to Las Vegas.

W48 Artillery-Fired Atomic 15 kiloton Projectile (1963-1991) at Atomic Testing Museum was tested in 1953.

Rocket nose cone used to collect radioactive samples during Christmas Island nuclear tests in 1960s at Atomic Testing Museum.

B61 Multipurpose Thermonuclear Tactical Bomb casing at Atomic Testing Museum.

Davy Crockett XM-388 Projectile (1962) at Atomic Testing Museum.

Spinthariscope (1903) was first radiation counter at Atomic Testing Museum.

Variety of radiation & Geiger counters at Atomic Testing Museum.

Personal radiation dose monitors at Atomic Testing Museum.

Model of home fallout shelter at Atomic Testing Museum.

Civil Defense First-Aid Kit at Atomic Testing Museum.

1960s office from U.S. Atomic Test Center at Atomic Testing Museum.

Model of a drilling rig used to create shafts for underground nuclear tests at Atomic Testing Museum.

Electronic equipment used to monitor underground nuclear tests at Atomic Testing Museum.

Toys of the atomic age including a Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab at Atomic Testing Museum.

Mementos of the atomic age at Atomic Testing Museum.

Native American cradle board from tribe that once inhabited U.S. Nuclear Test range at Atomic Testing Museum.


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