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Heritage Park
Heritage Park
The five-acre outdoor Heritage Park is one of the most popular attractions of the new museum. Complete with planes, rockets, missiles, cannons and nuclear sub sail, this exhibit will attract plane buffs and historians alike. The museum collection is the largest aircraft collection for public viewing in the state of New Mexico and include unique military objects such as rockets, missile systems, the biggest cannon built by the U.S., railroad equipment and a piece of a submarine. Here is the list of items on display:
280 MM Atomic Cannon (Atomic Annie)
B-29 Superfortress
F-105D Thunder Chief
B-52B Stratofortress
A-7 (TA-TC or A-7TAC-NAW) Corsair II
Mk17 Bomb
B-36 Pod (carries a weapon or extra fuel)
Honest John Motorized Launcher
Nike Hercules
Bomarc Cruise Missile
Mace Cruise Missile
Matador Cruise Missile
Snark Cruise Missile
Titan II Missile and Trailer
Jupiter Missile and Trailer
Peacemaker Missile
Parts of the USS James K. Polk
Mk53 Bomb
A-3 Polaris Missile
Hound Dog Cruise Missile
Thor Missile and Trailer
Minuteman Missile
Heritage Park
Complete with planes, rockets, missiles, cannons and nuclear sub sail, this exhibit will attract plane buffs and historians alike. Read More »
The Uranium Cycle
This exhibit explains the processes used to process and dispose of Uranium after use. Read More »
Energy Encounter
The exhibit features interactive exhibits helping the visitor discover the place nuclear power has in our energy hungry world. Read More »
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
While the atomic bomb brought the war to a close, the after-effects of the bomb were felt for years in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Read More »
Cold War Fallout Shelter
As the Cold War became a reality, Americans were asked to construct and equip a family fallout shelter. Read More »
Cold War
In this exhibit, visitors will learn how close we came to another war before the end of the Cold War. Read More »
Atomic Culture/ Pop Culture
Every visitor will be entertained while viewing the cultural items surrounding the dawning of the Atomic Age! Read More »
Little Albert’s Lab
The future belongs to the children of today. Little Albert’s Lab will help children of all ages grasp the concepts of physics, the basis of all sciences. Read More »
Decision to Drop
It is said that the dawn of the Atomic Age began with the testing of the world’s first atomic bomb. This exhibit will show visitors just how much influence over the modern world this test created. Read More »
Pioneers of the Atom
Visitors will step back in time to meet the individuals who influenced the nuclear world. Read More »