Atomic Energy Museum
The American Museum of Science and Energy is a science museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, designed to teach children and adults about energy, especially nuclear power, and to document the role Oak Ridge played in the Manhattan Project.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: science museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- Also known as: “American Museum of Science and Energy” and “amse.org”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oak Ridge High School.
Oak Ridge High School
School
Oak Ridge High School is the public high school for Oak Ridge, Tennessee, enrolling grades 9 through 12. It was established in 1943 to educate the children of Manhattan Project workers. Oak Ridge High School is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Atomic Energy Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Robertsville and Oak Ridge.
Robertsville
Hamlet
Robertsville was a farming community in Anderson County, Tennessee, that was disbanded in 1942 when the area was acquired for the Manhattan Project. Its site is now part of the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Oak Ridge
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Oak Ridge is a city in Tennessee. Oak Ridge was created as secret city during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. In Oak Ridge, thousands worked in secrecy to enrich the uranium used in the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
Oliver Springs
Village
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Oliver Springs is a town in Anderson, Morgan, and Roane counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its population was 3,231 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Harriman, Tennessee Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Roane County. Oliver Springs is situated 4½ miles northwest of Atomic Energy Museum.
Atomic Energy Museum
- Categories: science museum, Passport to Your National Parks cancellation location, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Anderson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Atomic Energy Museum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المتحف الأمريكي للعلوم والطاقة”
- Czech: “American Museum of Science and Energy”
- Czech: “AMSE”
- Persian: “موزه دانش و انرژی آمریکا”
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