Atomic Testing Museum

Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas - darkometer rating : 5 - As the name spells out: a museum, located in Las Vegas, USA , that is devoted to the rather exotic single topic of nuclear weapon testing , ranging in terms of test location from Trinity via the Pacific to the NTS , … and in terms of test type from atmospheric via high-altitude to underground tests. Furthermore it also covers adjacent topics such as nuclear waste storage. It's a special interest museum, for sure, yet it's well-made and informative as well as an "entertaining" experience, at least for more techie-minded tourists. It certainly provides a stark contrast to the more mainstream, established entertainment offers in the "city of sin" … Note that officially the place has simplified its name to just "Atomic Museum", but the original name also still remains in use. I'll stick to that here too, also to avoid confusion with the National Atomic Museum in Albuquerque . > More background info > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos More background info: Recently, the museum has even been awarded the "National Museum" accolade, partly thanks to an affiliation with the Smithsonian (see Enola Gay , Washington D.C. ), but it's usually still referred to simply as the Atomic Testing Museum. It's the only one of its kind in the country anyway – unless you also count the thematically wider-reaching National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque, or the Bradbury Science Museum in Los Alamos , both of which also have sections covering the topic of nuclear testing.