Combo Timeline 1
Category: Other
Updated: 14 Nov 2018
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Created byConnor Matheson
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Events
October 1, 1969: The Defense Atomic Support
Agency Administration opens the Sandia
Atomic Museum (National Atomic Museum)
to the public.April 23, 1970: Field Command Public Affairs
assumes control of the museum.July 1, 1971: Field Command Weapons
Development takes control of the museum.Periods
Spring Semester 1979:
Baylor students enter the
museum studies program for
the first time.1970: Bryce Brown establishes the
Strecker Museum Guild to keep the
museum operational on weekends
and have volunteer curators.May 1978: Excavation
of mammoths near Old
Steinbeck Bend Road begins.Summer 1967:
Strecker Museum
moves from Pat Neff
Hall to Sid Richardson
Science Building's
basement.August 1973: Strecker Museum obtains
accreditation through the
American Association of Museums.1963: Original idea for the Sandia Atomic
Museum originates on a field visit to Los
Alamos Scientific Laboratory1976: Energy, Research, and Development
Administration, Department of Energy's predecessor,
takes control of the museum.
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