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Atomic Testing Museum

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September/October 2007 [1]
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Atomic Testing Museum
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Las Vegas
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NV
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United States

Albert Einstein looms large in the history of the atomic bomb—and five inches tall in the gift shop of the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas ($9). Visitors glimpse the gray-maned physicist in a welcome video, then experience a seat-shaking simulation of a test-site blast 65 miles away. Inter-active exhibits offer pro and con views of nuclear weapons. Einstein, a conflicted pacifist, would likely have approved. (702) 794-5161, www.atomictestingmuseum.org [2].

Photography by Jeffrey Goldsmith

This article was first published in September 2007. Some facts may have aged gracelessly. Please call ahead to verify information.

Related Links: 

Atomic Testing Museum [3]
Albert Einstein: Nobel Prize Winner [4]
Albert Einstein: A History [5]

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[1] http://www.viamagazine.com/2007/septemberoctober
[2] http://www.atomictestingmuseum.org
[3] http://www.ntshf.org/
[4] http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html
[5] http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/