Wed, Oct 01, 2003
The National Atomic
Museum is once again home to the Little Boy atomic bomb shape, with
public viewings that began on September 19, 2003. The exhibit
includes the Fat Man bomb and the authentic safing and arming plugs
from the original Little Boy, dropped over Hiroshima, Japan during
WWII. The museum's Little Boy had been on display since October 6,
1969, until it was removed from display in early 2002. The bomb
shape was refurbished and now has a more historically accurate
paint job.
The museum will display the safing and arming plugs from the
original Little Boy bomb, for a limited time only. These plugs were
sold at public auction in 2002 and were purchased by Mr. Clay
Perkins, a noted military collector.
"This is a great opportunity for the public to reflect upon the
major decisions that President Truman and governmental leaders were
forced to make to end WWII. Truman had many issues to consider
while deciding to use the world's first atomic bomb," stated Museum
Director Jim Walther. "It would have been a difficult decision for
anyone to make. Our exhibit allows visitors to come to their own
conclusions of how the war was ended in 1945."
The National Atomic Museum is located at 1905 Mountain Road, in
Old Town Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Museum is open daily from 9
am to 5 pm. The museum's permanent displays and its special
exhibits present history, science applications, and future
developments of nuclear energy. Exhibits include Manhattan Project,
Nuclear Medicine, Madame Marie Curie, Waging Peace, Radiation in
the World Around You, and Taking Flight: Celebrating 100 years of
Aviation.
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