October 3, 2007

October 3, 2007

It is back to Old Town Albuquerque for us. This time we start at the National Atomic Museum. It used to be located on nearby Kirtland AFB until 9-11 shut down base access. I feared it might be redundant to Los Alamos’ Bradbury Museum but was pleasantly surprised to find little overlap. The museum is interesting and covers a wide variety of topics from the history of atomic theory to military uses to commercial power to nuclear medicine. We also watch a very good film on the development and dropping of the atomic bomb using entirely archival footage. Like yesterday’s museum, this one is all full of docents anxiously desiring to impart some knowledge to us. I can share some of their excitement because of our recent visits to many nuclear-related sites this summer. To keep Aimee interested though I have to give her a long lunch break at a French bistro complete with her favorite desert, mousse au chocolat.