Annual Reports

Annual Report 2017

The “Voices of the Manhattan Project” website reaching 500 interviews
New “Ranger in Your Pocket” programs on the Hans Bethe House at Los Alamos, the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory, Los Alamos Innovations, and Oak Ridge
Updates on the three sites of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Oak Ridge, TN, Hanford, WA, and Los Alamos, NM)
Events on Hispano and Native American experiences of the Manhattan Project and the 75th anniversary of Chicago Pile-1

The Manhattan Project National Historical Park made progress; Kris Kirby took charge as the new superintendent
“Ranger in Your Pocket” program “Know Before You Go” at Hanford launched; program on the Bethe House at Los Alamos to be launched in March 2017
AHF met with Manhattan Project veterans who participated on Honor Flight programs
New history articles published on AHF website on a wide variety of topics

Congress passed Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act
AHF made significant progress adding dozens of interviews from the AHF, Groueff, Sanger, and Rhodes Collection to the “Voices of the Manhattan Project” website
AHF launched a new website and “Ranger in Your Pocket” programs for Hanford and Manhattan Project innovations
The WGN America television show “Manhattan” boosted public interest in the history of the Manhattan Project

Bestselling author Denise Kiernan joined AHF’s board of directors
Crystal Trust awarded AHF $250,000 to digitize the Groueff, Rhodes, and Sanger oral history collections
AHF collaborated with the Carnegie Corporation of New York to create a HistoryPin website of key Manhattan Project sites in New York City
AHF held a workshop, funded by the National Science Foundation, to bring together key museum and history experts to discuss how to interpret the Manhattan Project in exhibits, programs and media

The 112th Congress introducing the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act
Launch of a new oral history website, “Voices of the Manhattan Project”
Release of second editions of guides to the Manhattan Project in Manhattan and New Mexico
AHF work on new exhibits for the B Reactor
AHF awarded a National Science Foundation grant

The Department of Interior transmitted to Congress recommendations for a Manhattan Project National Historical Park
AHF releases guides to the Manhattan Project in Tennessee and Washington
AHF revamps website
New oral histories conducted
2011 New Mexico Teachers’ Workshop