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Richland, Washington: CREHST Museum - Atomic Marbles (Closed)

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Museum closed in January 2014; plans to reopen in new location in July 2014 as the Hanford Reach Interpretive Center. Fate of marbles currently unknown.
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CREHST Museum - Atomic Marbles

Learn about how this Manhattan Project boom town once produced plutonium for atomic bombs, then buy an Atomic Marble as a souvenir. Museum closed; will reopen in new location in town in July 2014 as the Hanford Reach Interpretive Center.

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