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| - I recommend this museum, but if you get the chance to use a Groupon or Student Discount, take it. They have a gift shop, which you can go to without having to go to the museum. Prices are very reasonable and they have a wide assortment of things, just gotta take the time to look.
This was a fun museum to visit, despite such unfortunate subjects covered here. There is something missing to the museum for me to give it all 5 stars, the first good portion of it was walking and reading only. Although the museum seemed smaller than most others I've been to, it made up for it's size in content. Each display had loads of information and interesting pieces to see. It was interesting to see what children were learning and what families were very concerned about during the Atomic Age, and compare it to today's generation. Sometimes, members of the museum will have presentations, volunteers will tell stories of their test site experiences, and even the staff will get involved with educating. It was mostly the staff made the experience fun and delightful with their friendly and positive demeanor.
The Area 51 side was cheezy cute, but they did still have a lot to look at for aviation buffs like myself. This side would probably be cool to bring kids (probably around 9-10yo), the staff even does a briefing in the beginning to make it seem super legit. The kids would probably also have fun playing with the Geiger counter and the slow motion videos of the bomb droppings on the museum side.
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