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American Museum of Science and Energy Oak Ridge, TN
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Learn about the importance of the Manhattan Project and how it developed in the City of Oak Ridge at the American Museum of Science and Energy. See numerous intriguing exhibits at this museum that is an affiliate of the Smithsonian.
See one of the old houses that hosted many people who lived in Oak Ridge during the development of the first nuclear bomb in what was known as the Manhattan Project. Learn about how scientists who were in Oak Ridge, TN researched nuclear energy and how it could be utilized in such a weapon.
Learn about other points relating to nuclear energy at the Oak Ridge, Tennessee museum. Learn about the Y-12 plant nearby and how it has worked on nuclear energy to understand how it is produced and what can be done with it as well as its risks.
See many other attractions around the museum including a full NOAA weather station and a massive Van de Graaff generator. Learn about robots and how they are produced and programmed. Head on a bus tour of some of the important buildings around the region that were particularly used in the Manhattan Project although some of the buildings are still off limits to the public.
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