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White Sands Missile Range Museum

Outside view of the White Sands Missile Range Museum from the front entrance.

The White Sands Missile Range Museum was founded in 1994 by BG Richard Wharton and the White Sands Pioneer Group as a way to preserve the artifacts and history of this unique part of the Army and New Mexico.. More

Contact:

General Information: 575-678-2250

Location:

Headquarters Avenue, Bldg 200

WSMR, NM 88002

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Visiting the Museum

Free Admission
Closed on Federal Holidays.
White Sands Missile Range is located in south-central New Mexico off US Highway 70 between Las Cruces and Alamogordo. The White Sands Missile Range Museum is located just inside the Las Cruces/Alamogordo Main Post Gate on the left.

Hours

Monday Closed

Tuesday 0900 – 1700

Wednesday 0900 - 1700

Thursday 0900 - 1700

Friday 0900 - 1700

Saturday 0900 - 1700

Sunday 1100 - 1700

About the White Sands Missile Range Museum

The White Sands Missile Range Museum was founded in 1994 by BG Richard Wharton and the White Sands Pioneer Group as a way to preserve the artifacts and history of this unique part of the Army and New Mexico.

The mission of the WSMR Museum is to collect, preserve, interpret and display the Army's story in New Mexico and the role the Army played in operating the Missile Range to integrate Department of Defense, other Federal agency, and international test activities that contributed to the advancement of missiles and rockets, the emergence of the nuclear age, the winning of the Cold War, and our Nation's continued strategic dominance on the global stage.

The Museum supports our Nation's research and development by forming a bridge between the Missile Range and the public, by connecting our military and civilian work force to a continuum of effort that began in 1945 and continues to excel today. If this history is not preserved at the WSMR Museum, it will be lost forever.

Several missiles on display outside of the White Sands Missile Range Museum. A museum exhibit displaying a missile located inside the White Sands Missile Range Museum. Several missiles on display outside of the White Sands Missile Range Museum. Missile on display outside of the White Sands Missile Range Museum. Trinity site camera on display at the White Sands Missile Range Museum.

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