If you have lived in an Albuquerque zip code for any amount of time, you know that there are very seldom any rainy days. In fact, we get so little rain here that if you put cloth diapers out in May, you might find they were not soaked until sometime in January, even if they didn't dry out in the hot sun! Nevertheless, we do have days where it gets too hot to imagine doing anything outside. For those days, and the rare rainy day, people might wonder what types of things there are to do in the city.

One thing which is sure to capture the imagination of anyone with a curiosity about modern physics is the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History. Located in downtown Albuquerque, this museum is officially operated by the federal government. Its purpose is to be the main repository of nuclear information available to the public anywhere else in the nation.

You might wonder, just who on Earth would be interested in that kind of thing anyway? Well, it might surprise you to learn that nuclear science has applications in many different areas of modern life, from the power needed by Oakville dentists to run their office to the more commonly assumed use of nuclear power in weaponry. So there is a little bit of something for everyone on display and in the archives at this museum in Albuquerque.

Even if the physics of nuclear science is something that you can't or don't want to have a grasp of, there will still be displays to interest you and your children too. Aviation enthusiasts will really get out a kick out of the nuclear bomb carrying military planes on display at the museum, while others will enjoy the built to spec replicas of the original and most infamous nuclear bombs, Fat Man and Little Boy. They were not designed by a civilian London architect, but by people who felt that maybe they had gone too far in the ways of modern weaponry.

Nuclear science, of course, is not just about the machinations of its application. Many people will be interested in the stories of the earliest people to delve into nuclear science. There are several stories of people back in the days before leaded glass who were exposed to nuclear radiation and died from the effects.

In short, from those who worked with automatic strapping machines to create the first bombs to those who died researching nuclear power, the stories of everyone involved with nuclear science in the United States are on display at the museum in Albuquerque.