Mound Cold War Discovery Center

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🚧 Road Construction Continues near the Discovery Center 🚧

According to City of Miamisburg, Ohio - Government Mound Road is closed between Bakersfield Court and Benner Road for utility work through Friday, July 26, 2024.

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Please be aware of this road work when planning your trip to the Discovery Center. The Discovery Center is open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm.

💎 REMINDER 💎

We will be doing a Summer Bismuth Crystal Demo, weather permitting, tomorrow Saturday, July 20, 2024 from 10am to Noon!

💎 Remaining Summer Bismuth Crystal Demo Dates💎

Saturday, August 3, 2024,10am - Noon
Saturday, August 17, 2024, 10am - Noon

📷 Crystals the MCWDC Team has grown recently.

✨Next Week✨

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🚧 Benner Road Construction Continues Monday 🚧

According to City of Miamisburg, Ohio - Government starting Monday, July 15, 2024, Benner Road will be closed between Dayton Cincinnati Pike and Kelly Marie Court due to utility work. This closure will continue through Thursday, July 18, 2024.

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In addition, Mound Road will also be closed between Bakersfield Court and Benner Road during this same time.

Please be aware of this road work when planning your trip to the Discovery Center. The Discovery Center is open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm.

Friendly Reminder 👷‍♀️👷‍♂️

When planning your trip to the Discovery Center, please be aware that Benner Road will be closed between Dayton Cincinnati Pike and Kelly Marie Court due to road widening work. This closure will start Monday, July 8, 2024 and will continue through Thursday, July 11, 2024.

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The Discovery Center is open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm.

For more information on this road work, visit the City of Miamisburg, Ohio - Government Page.

On July 8, 1986 at 4:25 pm, a southbound Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (B&O) freight train derailed near Bear Creek in Miamisburg, Ohio. One of the cars was loaded with phosphorous and was damaged during the derailment which led to the cargo being ignited and creating a large amount hazardous smoke.

Mound Laboratory helped with this emergency by using ARAC (Atmosphere Release Advisory Capability) to track the cloud of smoke, having MARA (Monsanto Amateur Radio Association) keep the lines of communication open, donating field equipment like 30 gallon drums, and giving scientific advice as needed.

Chuck Friedman, Mound's Environment Manager at the time, said "It is our social responsibility as a company in the community to offer help. . . we can offer technical and scientific expertise as well as needed equipment on the scene."

Thousands of people were evacuated, including all of Miamisburg and parts of West Carrolton, Moraine Miami Twp., Germantown, German Twp. and Washington Twp.

It took five days to put the fire out. Local hospitals reported they treated over 400 cases of shortness of breath, irritated eyes, and/or sore throats from the fire.

Images from the MSEMA Negative Collection.

To learn more about Mound Laboratory and its relationship with Miamisburg, come visit the Discovery Center! Open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm.

Are you working on the The International Peace Museum's Dayton Peace Trail this summer? Make sure you stop by the Discovery Center on your journey! We're located across the street from one of the Dayton Peace Trail Spots (The Miamisburg Mound).

The Discovery Center is open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm.

For more information on the Peace Trail, visit https://peace.museum/dayton-peace-trail/

💎 REMINDER 💎

We will be doing a Summer Bismuth Crystal Demo, weather permitting, tomorrow Saturday, July 6, 2024 from 10am to Noon!

💎 Summer Bismuth Crystal Demo Schedule💎

Saturday, July 6, 2024, 10am - Noon
Saturday, July 20, 2024, 10am - Noon
Saturday, August 3, 2024,10am - Noon
Saturday, August 17, 2024, 10am - Noon

📷 Crystals the MCWDC Team has grown over the years.

Happy Independence Day!
The Discovery Center is open today, July 4th, 2024, from 10am to 4pm.

📷 From the MSEMA Negative Collection; 480324 “Administration Building, Flag Raising”

On Tuesday June 25, 2024, we had two special guests come speak to our Summer 2024 Interns.

Emma Sperry, Collections Assistant at Carillon Historical Park, talked to the interns about her time as a MCWDC Summer 2022 Intern including what skills she learned at the Discovery Center that she uses in her current role.

Anna Helmig-Sampson, Records Manager at the National Aviation Heritage Area, talked to the interns about how to network and find jobs in the history/museum field and how to advocate for yourself once you have found a job.

Thank You Emma and Anna for spending the morning with us!
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When planning your visit to the Discovery Center this week, be aware that Benner Road will be closed between Dayton Cincinnati Pike and Kelly Marie Court due to utility work.
At the same time, Mound Road will also be closed between Bakersfield Court and Benner Road.

This closure will start Monday, July 1, 2024 and will continue through Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

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The Discovery Center is open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm.
For more information on this road work, visit the City of Miamisburg, Ohio - Government Page.

✨Reminder✨

You can watch the lecture from home tonight at 6:50pm on Zoom or from the Discovery Center. If you're coming to the Discovery Center to watch the lecture, remember that Benner Road is closed between Mound Road and Miamisburg Springboro Road. 🚧

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When planning your visit to the Discovery Center this week, be aware that Benner Road will be closed between Mound Road and Miamisburg Springboro Road due to utility work.

This closure will start Monday, June 24th at 12:00 pm and will continue through Thursday, June 27, 2024.

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The Discovery Center is open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm.

💎 REMINDER 💎

We will be doing a Summer Bismuth Crystal Demo, weather permitting, on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at10am!

📷 Crystals pulled during the first demonstration on 6/8/24 and one crystal from a educational program on 6/17/24!!

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Summer Bismuth Crystal Demo Schedule:
Saturday, July 6, 2024, 10am - Noon
Saturday, July 20, 2024, 10am - Noon
Saturday, August 3, 2024,10am - Noon
Saturday, August 17, 2024, 10am - Noon

In honor of the first day of summer, we're looking at some of the posters students have created while participating in our Art at Arms Lesson!

Our Art at Arms Lesson merges history and art! Students discuss propaganda images in the form of posters and political cartoons by looking at examples from WWI to the Cold War and images produced and seen around Mound Lab. Students will compare and contrast propaganda artwork from both the United States and the Soviet Union before making their own images.

These pictures were created by students in Grades 5th - 12th.

Are you interested in booking an educational program at the Discovery Center? Contact our Site Manager, Jaclyn, at [email protected] or our Education Assistant, Zach, at [email protected]!

On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared freedom for Americans enslaved in states that had seceded from the Union. However, word did not reach some communities until months or years later.

Juneteenth commemorates the day when the last Americans enslaved by the Confederacy learned from Union forces of their freedom on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas.

✨This is your 1 Week Reminder!✨

This month's Mound Lecture, “World’s First Drone Flight Inside a Very High Radiation Nuclear Waste Storage Facility” by Kevin Young, is a special one because you can view it from the comfort of your own home or you can come and watch it at the Discovery Center!

Watching it at the Discovery Center?🧑‍🔬
We'll see you on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 7pm!

Watching it at home? 🏠
Save this Zoom link!
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89881019488?pwd=E7gK0VPVibzKbhRHGPIsfX7ZN8zaCk.1

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Facebook let us know it is today. While you're staying cool, check out these pictures from Mound Laboratory Picnics and Festivals.

📷 Photo # | Description

510518 | “Monsanto Annual Picnic”
510683 | “Monsanto Annual Picnic”
621008 | "Monsanto Annual Picnic, 1962”
621010 | "Monsanto Annual Picnic, 1962”
780436 | "Rod Bowser cooking hotdogs on Sun Day"
921861 | “United Way Rally”
921871 | “United Way Rally”
931359 | “’93 Picnic”

If you see any familiar faces in these photos, please comment or message us so we can add that information to our database!

The Mound Cold War Discovery Center is open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm.

Looking for something cool to do with the family this summer?
How about the America 250-Ohio Air and Space Trail???

The Mound Cold War Discovery Center is honored to be a partner location on this state wide trail! Come learn about RTGs 🛰 and Mound Lab's contributions to the Space Race 🚀 during the Cold War.

The Mound Cold War Discovery Center is open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm.

Visit ohioairandspace.com for more information on the Air and Space Trail!

Happy from Carillon Historical Park! 🇺🇸

Check out this gem from our Dayton History Digital Archives! This photo, snapped around 1915, captures the moment when the flag was raised over the new Third St. Post Office. Did you notice that this flag has only 48 stars?

We're celebrating a few days early with Bear Creek Donuts to welcome the MCWDC 2024 Summer Interns!!!!

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Interns will be on-site until mid-August so if you see one during your visit, make sure you tell them "Hello!" The interns will be working on some cool projects like learning how to enter data into PastPerfect, helping staff catalog some very unique artifacts, and designing a display case to show off more Mound Space History (for the America 250-Ohio Air and Space Trail)!!!

The Discovery Center is open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm!

We were honored to be a stop on the Model T Ford Club of America's Driving Tour today as part of their Annual Model T Homecoming 2024 Event!

📷 MCWDC Staff & Volunteer

We are happy to announce that our 💎Summer Bismuth Crystal Demonstrations💎 will be back this summer!

Come learn about Mound Laboratory's work with bismuth and see if MCWDC Staff can make a bismuth crystal or two!

Special Thanks to Mound Technical Solutions.

The Team is ready to share Mound Lab's History with Columbus! Come see us at !!!

Today is Ohio Tourism Day!
We will see you at 11am!

We had a wonderful time at the Spring in the Burg Parade on Saturday, May 18, 2024!!!

A BIG Thank You to our friends Mound Development Corporation, Mound Science and Energy Museum, BLC Entertainment and all the volunteers that walked with us during the parade!!!!

Here are some behind the scenes pictures of us building our award winning float for
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Spring Fest in the Burg

What an extra[terrestrial] fun parade today!!! The Discovery Center was honored to receive the Most Creative Award for our float in the Spring Fest in the Burg's Final [Riverfront]ier Themed Parade!

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Thanks to all our friends and volunteers that helped today or during our parade prep! A Special Thanks to. . .
BLC Entertainment
Mound Development Corporation
Mound Science and Energy Museum Association

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The Discovery Center is open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm.