Sunday, May 2, 2010

Children's Museum of Oak Ridge (TN)

It seems that every children's museum needs a water section. Thankfully, this one included waterproof smocks, like most museums do:

However, the smocks did not cover enough:

Check out Sabrina's wet arms:

Oak Ridge, TN has a special place in US history - during World War Two the government built a plant there to manufacture uranium and warheads to make nuclear weapons. The city was called the "Secret City" and was at the time completely encircled by fences. It wasn't until after WWII that the public was told what the plant was producing. The museum had a section about the city's history. Here is Catherine climbing down one of the reproduced guard towers:

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