It’s a nice little museum and it reminds us how nuclear power is so terrible and yet can also be useful. The gift shop had some cool items and I bought a souvenir to remember the place by. He likes the technical ones where he could look at the machinery and equipment used. The items which most interested me were the personal ones - badges and household items. It’s cozy but at the time we were there it wasn’t full so no issues. There’s a room where they have a countdown clock to when the next short film about atomic testing will begin. The path is windy and the exhibits are split into different rooms. Some of the signage for the exhibit items are not as easy to understand but overall it isn’t bad. The information boards are easy to read and there are lots of interesting exhibits. Friendly employee explained about the museum and took my entrance fee. He’d been before but wanted to show it to me. Go to a different museum like the Las Vegas Natural History Museum for half the price. Until the price drops, read about atomic testing in a book or online. It would have been helpful to have a section that better showcased/described that - e.g., show in one section a timeline of nuclear weapons developed in the U.S. There were a couple weapon casings, but it was hard to get a good grip/understanding of the various weapons the testing supported. One gap (recommended change to the museum): I believe most of the testing was to advance weapon development. I did enjoy learning more about the history of atomic testing. The museum was quite full when we were there, so perhaps I'm in a minority thinking it is not worth the price of admission. In other words, you could get 90% of the value of the museum by reading a book about atomic testing or visiting a few Wikipedia pages - without having to contend with crowds and noise as you try read all that text. ![]() There were some interesting objects/artifacts in the museum, but 90% of the museum content seemed to be photographs and text blocks. But I'm giving it a 2/5 review because it just isn't worth the $24 charge per person in my opinion. The museum does a good job educating one about an interesting topic.
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