White Sands Missile Range Museum is a US Army rocket range covering about 3,200 square miles in southern New Mexico. It is the largest military installation in the US. The White Sands Proving Ground was established in 1945 to test American and German long-range rockets.

The White Sands Missile Range Museum explores the origin of America's missile and space programs, the beginning of the atomic age, and the accomplishments of scientists like Dr. Wernher von Braun at White Sands. Displays also show the prehistoric cultures and Old West exhibits found in southern New Mexico. A missile park outside the museum displays about 50 missiles and rockets that were tested at White Sands such as the WAC Corporal, Loon, Pershing II, and Patriot.

Las Cruces, NM, Phone: 575-678-2250

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