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Cost: $45 (Transportation cost)

Hosted by the Manhattan National Historical Park team at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), this tour will give you the opportunity to travel "behind the fence" on Laboratory property. You’ll visit Pajarito Laboratory, now called Technical Area 18, and discover everything from Los Alamos’ incredible prehistory to the beginning of the modern Laboratory – and, of course, the Manhattan Project.  We’ll view the Pond Cabin, where Emilio Segrè’s Radioactivity Group made the pivotal discovery that the "Thin Man" plutonium bomb design would not work. You'll also see a battleship bunker used to protect equipment and staff during implosion design explosives testing and visit the site of Louis Slotin’s criticality accident.

Requirements

  • Tour participants:
  • Must be U.S. citizens
  • Must be at least 18 years of age
  • Be able to walk short distances, stand for 30 minutes, climb stairs, and traverse over uneven surfaces.
  • Must wear closed-toe, closed-heel, sturdy footwear, and long pants.
  • Must not bring cell phones, cameras, Fitbits, Apple Watches, or recording devices of any kind onto the site.

Required documents

  • Proof of U.S. citizenship and identity are required at tour check-in. Please bring one of the following:
  • Current U.S. passport
  • Original birth certificate plus a current government photo ID
  • Tribal Identification Card
  • Military Processing Record (not a military identification card) PLUS a government photo ID
  • An expired U.S. passport PLUS a current government photo ID