The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, formerly The National Atomic Museum, is a national repository of information about nuclear science located in Albequerque, New Mexico that was established by the 102^nd Congress during the administration of George H. W. Bush. It was originally established as the Sandia Atomic Museum in 1969 at Kirtland Air Force Base and was staffed by the USAF with help from the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL).  The name was changed to the National Atomic Museum in 1973.  It was made a part of the Department of Energy (DOE) in 1985. The National Atomic Museum Foundation (NAMF) was created 1992 to reduce the financial burden to taxpayers. The DOE transferred the museum operations to SNL in 1995 and Museum staff became NAMF employees.