American Museum of Science and Energy
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| Established | 1949 |
| Location | Oak Ridge, Tennessee |
| Type | Science museum |
| Website | http://www.amse.org/ |
The American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE) is a science museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, designed to teach both children and adults about energy, especially nuclear power, and to document the role Oak Ridge played in the Manhattan Project. The museum opened as the American Museum of Atomic Energy in 1949[1] in an old wartime cafeteria on Jefferson Circle. It moved to its current facility in 1975 and was re-named AMSE in 1978. [2]
The museum has both permanent and rotating exhibits, including robots, science puzzles, a NOAA weather station, a timeline of atomic discoveries, a large Van de Graaff generator, and a solar energy demonstration project. Its flagship exhibit, titled "Secret City - The Oak Ridge Story", was completely redesigned and rebuilt in 2007. A World War II-vintage flattop house, one of many inhabited by Manhattan Project workers in Oak Ridge, opened as a walk-through attraction in 2009.[3]
The museum is open seven days a week. The museum was free to the public for many years when its operation was fully funded by the federal government, but now charges admission.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Opening of AMSE, AMSE website, retrieved 12 June 2009
- ^ History, AMSE website, retrieved 12 June 2009
- ^ A Flattop Comes Home to AMSE, AMSE website, retrieved 12 June 2009
- ^ AMSE - General Information, retrieved 12 June 2009
[edit] External links
- American Museum of Science and Energy is at coordinates 36°00′38″N 84°15′26″W / 36.01056°N 84.25726°WCoordinates: 36°00′38″N 84°15′26″W / 36.01056°N 84.25726°W
- AMSE Official Web Site
- AMSE Flickr page - Images of the Museum, plus many historic Manhattan Project photos.
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