The Los Alamos Historical Museum is dedicated to preserving, protecting and interpreting the history of Los Alamos. Housed in the Guest Cottage of the Los Alamos Ranch School -- a favorite place of Gen. Leslie Groves during the Manhattan Project -- the museum features:

AWARD WINNING EXHIBITS ON:

Area Geology- How and why the Jemez Volcano erupted 1.4 million years ago

Anthropology - 700 years of human habitation: grind corn as the Indians have done for centuries and experience the pristine wilderness where elk and turkeys roamed

Ranch School- An elite boys school founded by Ashley Pond in 1917

Manhattan Project - Enter the actual gate of the project's Santa Fe headquarters when Los Alamos was known as the Manhattan Project. Walk through "Life in the Secret City."

Now in the Changing Exhibit Area - The Los Alamos Ranch School Family, featuring rare photographs of Laura Gilpin and T. Harmon Parkhurst

Get your copy of the Historic District Walking Tour Guide(.pdf).

ALSO AVAILABLE: The Los Alamos Historical Museum Outreach Program - Suitcase History Kit
A visiting docent will bring artifacts, photos, models, lesson plans, and age appropriate games to your classroom or organization. An online teachers' guide is available here.

LOS ALAMOS HISTORICAL MUSEUM    1921 JUNIPER STREET (just north of Fuller Lodge)   505-662-4493 Museum & Bookshop       505-662-6272 Offices & Archive historicalsociety@losalamoshistory.org To schedule guided Museum and/or Historic District tours call the Los Alamos Historical Society offices at 505-662-6272 minimum group of five (5) $1 donation per person