Los Alamos,where in the early 1940s the nuclear bomb was developed, was also known as the secret city. Scientists, civilians, and military personnel were whisked away to these secluded mesas on the Pajarito Plataea. For three years arrivals and departures were monitored and strictly controlled, letters were censured, and friends and family were given no information about the location of their loved ones. The museum covers all of the inhabitants of the plateau - the early Native Americans, the homesteaders of the 1900s, the boys who lived at the exclusive Los Alamos Ranch School, and finally the men, women and children who found themselves adjusting to an unusual life far from anything familiar.
The museum is all accessible. After leaving the museum follow the paved trail to the left to visit the ruins of a pueblo village and a reconstructed homesteader’s summer shelter.
Vans and small RVs will fit in the parking lot. Larger RVs may be parked in the library lot across the street. Museum
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