{"id":192367,"date":"2026-04-10T16:23:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192367\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:23:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:23:41","slug":"manhattan-project-national-historical-park-10th-anniversary-in-oak-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192367\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Project National Historical Park 10th Anniversary in Oak Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A flyer with logo and text over an aerial image of a uranium enrichment plant.\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MAPR-10th-Anniversary_4.jpg\" title=\"Manhattan Project 10th Anniversary\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcredit\">NPS<\/p>\n<p>News Release Date: March 31, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Contact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/common\/utilities\/sendmail\/sendemail.cfm?o=4684CBA9A2DAA1BA9BA91EAEED1EA4A36693569C12B18389&amp;r=\/mapr\/learn\/news\/manhattan-project-national-historical-park-10th-anniversary-in-oak-ridge.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manhattan Project National Historical Park<\/a><\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{dd71a2be-35bb-41b9-a0da-e7e8c56215ff}{92}\" paraid=\"995724319\">Oak Ridge, Tennessee:\u00a0Come celebrate\u00a0Manhattan Project National Historical Park&#8217;s 10th\u00a0anniversary on Thursday, April 30,\u00a02026,\u00a0with\u00a0special events\u00a0throughout Oak Ridge, Tennessee.\u00a0Explore America\u2019s Secret City and learn about the first 10 years of the park\u00a0with free admission to Oak Ridge museums throughout the day.\u00a0Participating museums include:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amse.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">American Museum of Science and Energy<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/childrensmuseumofoakridge.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Children&#8217;s Museum of Oak Ridge<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/k25historycenter.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">K-25 Atomic History Center<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.y12.doe.gov\/about\/history\/y-12-history-center\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New Hope Center<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oakridgehistorymuseum.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Oak Ridge History Museum<\/a>. Park staff and volunteers will be at local museums from\u00a010 am through 4 pm.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{dd71a2be-35bb-41b9-a0da-e7e8c56215ff}{161}\" paraid=\"1163624053\">Event Schedule:\u00a0<br \/>6:00 am\u00a0\u2013 New Hope Center at Y-12 National Security Complex opens until\u00a04:30 pm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{dd71a2be-35bb-41b9-a0da-e7e8c56215ff}{179}\" paraid=\"988246287\">9:00 am\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0American Museum of Science and Energy &amp; K-25\u00a0Atomic\u00a0History Center open with free\u00a0admission until 5:00 pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{dd71a2be-35bb-41b9-a0da-e7e8c56215ff}{197}\" paraid=\"483562455\">10:00 am\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Children\u2019s Museum of Oak Ridge &amp; Oak Ridge History Museum\u00a0open with free admission until 4:00 pm. The Flat Top House will be open free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>4:00 pm\u00a0\u2013Reception with remarks from NPS and City of Oak Ridge at Oak Ridge Conference Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{dd71a2be-35bb-41b9-a0da-e7e8c56215ff}{219}\" paraid=\"1840589991\">5:00 pm \u2013 Free showing of\u00a0Oppenheimer\u00a0at Cinemark.\u00a0Registration with\u00a0American Museum of Science and Energy is\u00a0required.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{dd71a2be-35bb-41b9-a0da-e7e8c56215ff}{243}\" paraid=\"2087729158\">Unable to\u00a0attend\u00a0the anniversary? Oak Ridge is open to explore year-round.\u00a0More information on local museums, historic sites,\u00a0trails\u00a0and tours can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/MAPR\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">www.NPS.gov\/MAPR<\/a>. Visit the\u00a0park\u2019s calendar for other upcoming programs,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/mapr\/planyourvisit\/calendar.htm\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">www.nps.gov\/mapr\/planyourvisit\/calendar.htm<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{c204c26a-4b83-4894-bbcc-a22a0dd3b245}{20}\" paraid=\"1154735604\">For more information or directions, please contact the Manhattan Project National Historical Park\u2019s Oak Ridge office\u00a0at\u00a0(865) 482-1942. Visitors are encouraged to visit the park website, www.nps.gov\/mapr, or download the NPS\u00a0app.\u00a0\u00a0Follow on Facebook at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ManhattanProjectNPS\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ManhattanProjectNPS<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0on Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/manhattanprojectnps\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@manhattanprojectnps<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NPS News Release Date: March 31, 2026 Contact: Manhattan Project National Historical Park Oak Ridge, Tennessee:\u00a0Come celebrate\u00a0Manhattan Project&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-192367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}