National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

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The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History is a unique science museum hosting amazing exhibitions, both permanent and temporary, every year. Permanent exhibitions focus on history and science, including topics such as WWI and the Cold War, nuclear medicine, nuclear energy, nuclear waste transportation, and uranium mining. There's also an engaging science area for children and a nine-acre outdoor exhibition area with airplanes, missiles, military vehicles, and a nuclear submarine sail. The outdoor exhibition area, known as Heritage Park, displays such artifacts as the B-29 Superfortress, B-52B Stratofortress, MiG- 21, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. These historic airplanes, along with many others, can be seen with the museum’s replica of the Trinity Tower – the 100-foot steel tower that held the world’s first atomic bomb during detonation at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in 1945.