Oppenheimer Experience
- NM Experiences
- Feb 24
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 26
Explore the locations and history featured in the Oscar Award Winning Film.
109 East Palace Avenue
Present-day visitors to Santa Fe, New Mexico, often spend time on the historic plaza, visiting shops, museums, galleries, and the Native American artists selling their work in front of the Palace of the Governors. Those who continue east on Palace Avenue may step into a little courtyard filled with colorful crafts and marked with a small sign, “Los Alamos National Laboratory HISTORICAL MARKER Back Wall of Courtyard.”
And on the back wall of the courtyard is a modest bronze plaque that reads:
"109 EAST PALACE 1943 SANTA FE OFFICE 1963 LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAAll the men and women who made the first atomic bomb passed through this portal to their secret mission at Los Alamos. Their creation in 27 months of the weapons that ended World War II was one of the greatest scientific achievements of all time." Read more at National Parks Service
Oppenheimer Set Tour
Oppenheimer Film Set Tour!
Partially filmed at Ghost Ranch, Oppenheimer took home several awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor.
As the city of Los Alamos today looks nothing like it did in the 1940’s, a standing set was built to represent the town as it looked during the Manhattan Project. While touring the set we will talk about aspects of the film and its creation as well as daily life during the race to build the atomic bomb.
Please note: We are no longer scheduling regular tours of the Oppenheimer set but are always happy to schedule tours upon request, whenever possible depending on current film projects. Please send your request to: tours@ghostranch.org
-Tickets:-$45 (10 years old +)-The minimum age is 10 years old.
-Tour time: 2 hours.
Please visit our website to learn more.
Bradbury Science Museum: J. Robert Oppenheimer: An unparalleled legacy
Our first director and Los Alamos are intrinsically connected
Explore how Oppenheimer made a meaningful and lasting mark
Brilliant and complicated, J. Robert Oppenheimer was instrumental to the success of the Manhattan Project — the top-secret effort to build an atomic bomb to help bring an end to World War II. It was an incredible moment in history when many scientific disciplines came together to solve a monumental scientific challenge.
Today, Los Alamos National Laboratory continues its groundbreaking scientific research in service of national security. Remarkable people from all over the world continue to come here to do that rewarding work — just like during the Manhattan Project.
Monday Closed
Tuesday 10 AM–5 PM
Wednesday 10 AM–5 PM
Thursday 10 AM–5 PM
Friday 10 AM–5 PM
Saturday 10 AM–5 PM
Sunday 1–5 PM