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Wed, Oct 01, 2003

Little Boy Exhibit Reopens

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. 

FMI: www.atomicmuseum.com

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