Have you seen our exhibition celebrating the centennial of Scouting in Los Alamos? If not, this is the last weekend it will be display in the Rotating Exhibit Gallery. It comes down next week, and the gallery will be painted. The following week we will install a wonderful new exhibit, "Atoms and Art: The Intersecting Lives of Maria Martinez and Bernice Brode."
With snow coming down and icy roads throughout the region, the museum is on a delayed opening this morning. The weather is scheduled to clear by noon, so we’ll assess then and keep you posted.
Happening right now at the historic Hans Bethe House—jazz and poetry readings as part of the Evening of Arts and Culture in Los Alamos. Events are happening throughout downtown until 9. Come join the fun!
What is inside the Los Alamos Society's Archives and Collections Facility?
So glad that you asked...
I guess what they say is true - ‘You learn something new everyday’.
Thanks, Don!
History Wednesdays
Today was our last meeting of History Wednesdays for this semester! We reviewed everything that we learned by making paper plate stages.
Meet Don, our fabulous Curator! Today he will share with you one of his favorite artifacts.
Spoiler Alert! They are Gore Vidal's Chaps!
Incense of the West
It's that time of year to stock up on locally made incense! We've got it in the shop AND on our web store! #MuseumShopMonday
Today in History Wednesdays we made a cave painting wall with handprints and then made maps of early Americans heading out from Beringia and exploring the Pacific coast in boats.
Today was our first outreach lesson of the fall! 4th graders at Mountain Elementary learned about Ancestral Pueblo people and were junior archaeologists with shoebox digs.
Our Shop Manager Todd is pretty excited about our new web store and the orders he is sending out!
Have you placed your order at losalamoshistory.org? Do it for Todd!
Judith and Michael had the privilege of attending the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Nagasaki. Check out the video with the audio on and check out the large cranes on the stage. Amazing!
Hiroshima, August 6, 2017 -- Video from the shore of the Motoyasu River, next to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Park. Paper lanterns are lit and sent down river in memory of the victims of the atomic bomb who died there 72 years ago today.
This is fun: our first attempt at a time-lapse video. It is the installation of stories of Cold War scientists in an area we affectionately call the Nobel Nook. It is where, among other things, Fred Reines' Nobel Prize will be on display in the Harold Agnew Cold War Gallery in the Hans Bethe House.
Enjoy this taste of Cherry Blossoms from Hiroshima.
Pat Burns, musician and historian, now playing classical guitar at the Museum. Wine bar and tapas, too. We will be here until 6 as part of Los Alamos Downtown Friday Nights. Come join us!
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