Media Kit - National Atomic Testing Museum

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THE ATOMIC
TESTING MUSEUM
755 e. flamingo rd. las vegas • 702.794.5151 • Mon-sat 9:00 am - 5:00 pm • sun 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Facts about the museum
Harry Reid Exhibit Hall
A 2,OOO-square-foot exhibit hall designed for changing exhibits (with artifacts from the Smithsonian and other
museums) is located adjacent to the museum’s permanent exhibits. These have included:
· How to Photograph an Atomic Bomb – a traveling exhibit designed by Peter Kuran of VCE, Inc.
and purchased by the ATM (August 2007 - January 2008)
· Amusement Park Science (March 2008 - July 2008)
· Bridge to Forgiveness (July 2008 - September 2008)
· 1958 Mutual Defense Agreement (September 2008 - January 2009)
· At the Controls (January 2009 - March 2009)
· Darker Shades of Red (March 2009 - July 2009)
· Trench Art (July 2009 - September 2009)
Distinguished Lecturer Series
The Museum has hosted authors, lecturers and artists since October 2003 to provide a forum for the exchange of views
regarding the history of the Nevada Test Site. Some of our Distinguished Lecturers have included:
April 16, 2007
Jill Duggan and Annabelle Malins – “The Energy Challenge – Moving to a Low Carbon Future”
June 24, 2007
Atomic Vets Remember When… Panel narrated by George Knapp
July 30, 2007
Wade Ishimoto – “Terrorism in the Middle East and Around the World”
September 29, 2007
Peter Kuran and Harold Agnew – “How to Photograph an Atomic Bomb”
June 20, 2008
Holley and Michael Bakich – “Sideshow and The Amazing Atomic Lives of Stars”
August 6 and 9, 2008 Takashi Tanemori – “Atomic Bomb Survivor”
September 27, 2008
Thomas C. Reed and Frank Gaffney – Speakers at the opening of the
1958 Mutual Defense Agreement Exhibit
October 25, 2008
Kyril D. Plaskon – Author of Silent Heroes of the Cold War
January 6, 2009
Dr. Stephen M. Younger – “The Bomb - A New History”
January 27, 2009
Thomas C. Reed – “The Nuclear Express”
March 17, 2009
Don Harten – Arc Light One
April 21, 2009
Dennis Fulkerson – “The Art of Espionage”
Carson Riland – “Dirty Bombs: What They Are and How We Respond”
May 5, 2009
Jack Miller – “Cold War Warrior”
July 21, 2009
Dr. Stephen M. Younger – WWI Siegfried Sassoon and Trench Poetry
August 6, 2009
Hiroshima and Nagasaki After the Bombs: A Generational Narrative
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THE ATOMIC
TESTING MUSEUM
755 e. flamingo rd. las vegas • 702.794.5151 • Mon-sat 9:00 am - 5:00 pm • sun 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
board • trustees • staff
Chairman
Troy E. Wade
President
Charles F. Costa
Vice President
Nick C. Aquilina
Secretary-Treasurer
Linda M. Smith
Executive Committee Members
Robert J. Agonia
Joe Behne
Dale Fraser
John Thorndal
Peter Zavattaro
Ex-officio Members
Cleve McDaniel
Desert Research Institute
Darwin Morgan
U.S. Department of Energy,
Nevada Site Office
Steve Ross
Southern Nevada Building &
Construction Trades Council
Peter Ross
Desert Research Institute
Cheryl Oar
National Security
Technologies, LLC.
Bridget Phillips
Clark County School District
Emeritus Status
Jack S. Kahn
William Tomany
Trustees
ATOMIC TESTING MUSEUM STAFF
Brian “Paco” Alvarez
Tom Axtell
John Browne
Bruce W. Church
William G. Flangas
David Foley
Ron Kathren
Lawrence Krenzien
Robert List
Linda K. Miller
Sandy Miller
Dominic J. Monetta
Jay H. Norman
William O’Donnell
Layton J. O’Neill
S. Andrew Orrell
Mary Pike
John Pollet
Kenneth W. Powers
Harry Steinke
Robert Stoldal
K. Anne Street
David W. Swindle, Jr.
Cam Usher-Torres
Stephen G. Wells
Ernest B. Williams
Thomas F. Williams
Stephen Younger
Atomic Testing Museum Director
Chuck Costa (Acting Director)
Chief Financial Officer
Jim Braun
Director of Communications & Development
Dawn Barlow-Ham, M.A.
Director of Education/Grant Coordinator
Angela Ameling, M.A.
Director of Operations
Rick Rodino
Curator
Karen Green, M.A.
Museum Store Manager
Kathy Powell
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THE ATOMIC
TESTING MUSEUM
755 e. flamingo rd. las vegas • 702.794.5151 • Mon-sat 9:00 am - 5:00 pm • sun 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
history
The Atomic Testing Museum holds the distinctive honor
of being one of the first museums to take part in the
Smithsonian Institution affiliates program, having received
the official Affiliate designation in 2000. The museum
chronicles the dramatic history of the Nevada Test Site
(NTS) and its contribution to local, state, and international
history. The 8,000 square-foot museum portrays world
history as community history through openness about the
Test Site and its programs.
Visitors begin their museum tour with a 100-second
video depicting events that led to the establishment of
the NTS and its role in the Cold War. Successive galleries
detail the Test Site’s history and include atmospheric
tests, the fallout issues that led to their abandonment, the
rise of underground testing, environmental impacts, and
the ultimate end of testing worldwide. Our final gallery
examines the role of the Test Site in the post-Cold War
world. Before leaving, please visit the museum store.
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THE ATOMIC
TESTING MUSEUM
755 e. flamingo rd. las vegas • 702.794.5151 • Mon-sat 9:00 am - 5:00 pm • sun 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
parent organization
The Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation, the
parent organization of the Atomic Testing Museum,
was founded in 1998 to preserve the Nevada Test Site
legacy and to foster public accessibility to the history
of the NTS and the nation’s nuclear weapons testing
program. The NTS served as the nation’s principal
on-continent nuclear weapons
testing facility from 1951 to
1992, and contributed to a
very unique piece of both
U.S. and Nevada history.
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THE ATOMIC
TESTING MUSEUM
parent organization
Support Opportunities
Memberships - Starting at $30 per year
History Walk - Starting at $100 per commemorative brick
Naming Opportunities - from $10,000 to $500,000
Distinguished Lecture Series
Family Fun Day Program
Keyser Education Endowment
Hours / Fees
Monday thru Saturday: 9:OOam - 5:OOpm
Sunday: 1:OOpm - 5:OOpm
$12 General Admission
$9 for Seniors, Youth, and Military
Personnel with Proper Identification
A Program of the
Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation
755 East Flamingo Road
(just east of Paradise Rd.)
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119-7363
Telephone: (702) 794-5151
For Recorded Information: 702-794-5161
www.AtomicTestingMuseum.org
The Atomic Testing Museum is an
Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.