July 22nd, 2023
Our Executive Director was recently interviewed by KRQE and appeared in an article by the Santa Fe New Mexican.
He talks about some of the filming that took place in the Oppenheimer House, and shows some of the furniture donated by Universal Studios.
You can watch the KRQE interview here:
https://www.krqe.com/video/new-oppenheimer-movie-stirs-up-foot-traffic-at-historic-hot-spots-in-new-mexico/8841183/
You can read the artcle in the Santa Fe New Mexican here:
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/los-alamos-embracing-oppenheimer-film/article_b10a043c-257b-11ee-b893-434536c9d013.html
He talks about some of the filming that took place in the Oppenheimer House, and shows some of the furniture donated by Universal Studios.
You can watch the KRQE interview here:
https://www.krqe.com/video/new-oppenheimer-movie-stirs-up-foot-traffic-at-historic-hot-spots-in-new-mexico/8841183/
You can read the artcle in the Santa Fe New Mexican here:
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/los-alamos-embracing-oppenheimer-film/article_b10a043c-257b-11ee-b893-434536c9d013.html
July 21st, 2023
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We are proud to announce that the Oppenheimer House was used in the newly released movie Oppenheimer!
Filming took place in March of 2022. The house was being prepared for about 2 weeks before shooting. Furniture and decorations were brought in, rearranged several times, and set up in preparation for its day on camera. Gadget Films filmed in several other locations around town including Fuller Lodge, the World War II Women's Dorm, Graves Hall in United Church, in some of the nearby wilderness, and relying on nearby businesses for aid and temporary storage. After filming was completed, the crew packed up everything they had brought in (except the custom curtains) and left. Recently, Universal Studios donated a majority of the furniture that was used in the Oppenheimer House for the movie! We have recreated the layout and you are free to come by and look through the windows to see! |
May 11th, 2023
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"I was thinking that it even applied to the extras. We were in the real Los Alamos and we had a lot of real scientists as extras. We needed the crowd of extras to give reactions, and improvise, and we were getting sort of impromptu, very educated speeches. It was really fun to listen to. You've been on sets where you've got a lot of extras around and they're more or less thinking about lunch. These guys were thinking about the geopolitical implications of nuclear arms and knew a lot about it. It actually was a great reminder every day of: We have to be really on our game, we have to be faithful to the history here, and really know what we're up to."
Be sure to read more in this article. |
December 16th, 2022
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The Secretary of Energy issued a DOE order vacating the 1954 decision "in the matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer"!
Here is the DOE announcement: https://www.energy.gov/articles/secretary-granholm-statement-doe-order-vacating-1954-atomic-energy-commission-decision As well as the official order: https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/S1%20Oppenheimer%20Order%2012.12.22%20signed%20by%20S1%2012-16-2022.pdf Be sure to raise a toast with one of our Oppenheimer Martini Glasses, or to celebrate alongside one of our Oppenheimer Bobbleheads! |
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Oppenheimer Merchandise and Books
109 East Palace
$20.00
By: Jennet Conant
In 1943, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant, charismatic head of the Manhattan Project, recruited scientists to live as virtual prisoners of the U.S. government at Los Alamos, a barren mesa thirty-five miles outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. Thousands of men, women, and children spent the war years sequestered in this top-secret military facility. They lied to friends and family about where they were going and what they were doing, and then disappeared into the desert. Through the eyes of a young Santa Fe widow who was one of Oppenheimer's first recruits, we see how, for all his flaws, he developed into an inspiring leader and motivated all those involved in the Los Alamos project to make a supreme effort and achieve the unthinkable.
In 1943, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant, charismatic head of the Manhattan Project, recruited scientists to live as virtual prisoners of the U.S. government at Los Alamos, a barren mesa thirty-five miles outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. Thousands of men, women, and children spent the war years sequestered in this top-secret military facility. They lied to friends and family about where they were going and what they were doing, and then disappeared into the desert. Through the eyes of a young Santa Fe widow who was one of Oppenheimer's first recruits, we see how, for all his flaws, he developed into an inspiring leader and motivated all those involved in the Los Alamos project to make a supreme effort and achieve the unthinkable.
Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb
$15.00
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By: Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
Trinity, the debut graphic book by the gifted illustrator Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, depicts in vivid detail the dramatic history of the race to build and the decision to drop the first atomic bomb. In this sweeping narrative, Fetter-Vorm traces the spark of invention from the laboratories of nineteenth-century Europe to the massive efforts of the Manhattan Project, transporting the reader into the science of a nuclear reaction and to the top secret test site where the first atomic bomb was detonated.
Trinity, the debut graphic book by the gifted illustrator Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, depicts in vivid detail the dramatic history of the race to build and the decision to drop the first atomic bomb. In this sweeping narrative, Fetter-Vorm traces the spark of invention from the laboratories of nineteenth-century Europe to the massive efforts of the Manhattan Project, transporting the reader into the science of a nuclear reaction and to the top secret test site where the first atomic bomb was detonated.
Robert Oppenheimer 1904-1967
$15.00
By: Robert F. Bacher
Recollections from a friend and scientific colleague of the brilliant young director of the project that created the atomic bomb in Los Alamos during World War II. The author taught as a physics professor and served as a member of the Atomic Energy Commission and the President’s Scientific Advisory Committee, making this book technically accurate as well as personal.
Recollections from a friend and scientific colleague of the brilliant young director of the project that created the atomic bomb in Los Alamos during World War II. The author taught as a physics professor and served as a member of the Atomic Energy Commission and the President’s Scientific Advisory Committee, making this book technically accurate as well as personal.
American Prometheus
$23.00
By: Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative.
J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative.
Martini glass
$25.00
7” tall, crystal martini glass with Oppenheimer's world famous recipe etched on the glass.
Limited to 2 glasses per order maximum due to shipping costs. This is per order, not per customer.
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