Los Alamos History Museum
The Los Alamos History Museum is housed in two buildings: the historic Guest Cottage, located next to Fuller Lodge, of Los Alamos Ranch School, which was General Leslie Groves's favorite place to stay during the Manhattan Project; and the Bethe House a short distance away, where Hans Bethe lived for a brief time after the end of World War II.Photo: Marcin Wichary, CC BY 2.0.
- Opening hours: Monday—Saturday midnight—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Also known as: “Los Alamos Historical Museum”
- Address: 1050 Bathtub Row, Los Alamos, NM 87544
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mesa Public Library and Los Alamos County Airport.
Mesa Public Library
Library
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
Mesa Public Library is the Los Alamos branch of the Los Alamos County Library System in New Mexico, United States. The library collection has more than 160,000 items which include books, CDs, DVDs, original paintings, and material in several foreign languages. Mesa Public Library is situated 580 feet west of Los Alamos History Museum.
Los Alamos County Airport
Aerodrome
Los Alamos Airport, also known as Los Alamos County Airport, is a county-owned, public-use airport in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States. It is located one nautical mile east of the central business district of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Los Alamos County Airport is situated 2 miles east of Los Alamos History Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Los Alamos.
Los Alamos
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Los Alamos is a small town in northern New Mexico, about an hour northwest of Santa Fe. Its claim to fame is the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where Oppenheimer and other physicists created the world's first atomic bomb during World War II, concluding the Golden Age of Modern Physics and heralding the Atomic Age.
Los Alamos History Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.88248° or 35° 52′ 57″ northLongitude
-106.30206° or 106° 18′ 7″ westElevation
7,333 feet (2,235 metres)Operator
Los Alamos Historical SocietyOpen location code
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Los Alamos History Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “洛斯阿拉莫斯历史博物馆”
- Czech: “Historické muzeum Los Alamos”
- Czech: “Los Alamos Historical Museum”
- German: “Los Alamos Historical Museum”
- Spanish: “El Museo de la Historia de Los Álamos”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Los Alamos Arts Council & Los Alamos Historical Society and Memorial Rose Garden.
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