YEAR: 2020
LOCATION: Oak Ridge, TN
SIZE: 7,960 SF

PROJECT SUMMARY:
The K-25 History Center is dedicated to honoring the men and women who played pivotal roles in the construction and operation of the Oak Ridge Diffusion Plant during the Manhattan Project and the Cold War. Constructed and operated in complete secrecy, thousands of people worked 24/7 to produce the uranium for the first atomic bomb in, what was at the time (1944), the world’s largest building.

The facility features interactive exhibits with more than 250 original artifacts. You will explore the inner workings of the K-25 plant, meet the people who worked there, and learn about one of the most significant industrial, scientific, and military achievements in American history.

The renovated building was the existing Fire Station Number 4, located hundreds of feet away from the K-25 building footprint. Fitting in exhibits to the existing walls and tight floor to floor heights provided a challenge that is now completely seamless with the exhibits designed by Hilferty & Associates, the exhibit designers for this museum.

Upon completion of phase II, the K-25 Interpretive Center, the site will include the original footprint with wayside exhibits, a Viewing Tower representing a deconstructed version of the K-25 building, in addition to the K-25 History Center Museum. It is within the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park Service that contains sites in Oak Ridge; Los Alamos, N.M.; and Hanford, Washington.

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