‘Information Nation’ brings history alive
Clinton Middle School student Hayden Martin tries his hands at a typewriter at the American Museum of Science and Energy’s Information Nation exhibit. (photo:Ben Pounds )
The American Museum of Science and Energy at 115 East Main Street in Oak Ridge is showcasing its Information Nation exhibit, which shows off some of these methods, many of them in interactive form.
Visitors can send a telegram, listen to old radio shows, type on a typewriter, use an older desktop, go inside a phone booth and more.
The museum’s regular hours of operation are Monday-Saturday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1- 5 p.m.
Information Nation is part of the museum’s rotating exhibit area.
Regular exhibits show off nuclear science and supercomputing, among other developments tied to Oak Ridge.
