08/02/2026
NOTE: Click on the link for the photo essay, not the map.
The museum has been getting some really great attention lately! Check out this awesome photo essay from the Abilene Reporter News, Ron Erdrich!
https://www.reporternews.com/picture-gallery/news/columnists/big-country-journal/2026/07/31/atlas-missile-museum-of-texas-abilene-photos/90928915007/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6a6c8043a71d750001c0a0ac&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawTZeDFwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMXlYQzhSdzVSMVlHRERtQnBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEes9nIvTRjVcye0mTr-xSlWOak5gPyzrX-v4z3q3i_JDGh-rrb5L_sW5kdqZ4_aem_plybGtCYLR0XRdk720DiQg
Site 5 is one of the 12 once active Atlas missile bases that surrounded Abilene from 1962 to 1965. These days it's a home and museum of the program.