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Voices of the Manhattan Project

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Browse our collection of oral histories with workers, families, service members, and more about their experiences in the Manhattan Project.

Tour the Sites of the Manhattan Project

Tour some of the key locations of the Manhattan Project with an audio guide.

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Remembering Veterans Who Worked on the Manhattan Project

While the Manhattan Project is typically remembered for the intellect of its scientists, the creation and delivery of the atomic bomb would not have been possible without the work of thousands of enlisted soldiers and airmen.

Ribbon cutting at new AMSE. Image courtesy of DOE Oak Ridge Office.

Manhattan Project Sites News: October 2018

On October 18, Oak Ridge’s popular American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE) opened in its new location at 115 Main Street East.

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Learn about some of the people who were a part of the Manhattan Project

Lydia Martinez

Project Staff, Los Alamos, NM

Lydia Martinez (1926-), from the neighboring community of El Rancho, worked at Los Alamos in various jobs during and after the Manhattan Project.

J. Ernest Wilkins Jr.

Mathematician, Chicago, IL

J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. (1923-2011) was a prominent African American mathematician and physicist who worked at the University of Chicago Met Lab during the Manhattan Project.

Maria Goeppert-Mayer

Physicist, Columbia University

Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972) was a German-born American theoretical physicist and 1963 Nobel Prize winner.

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