After the terror attacks in September 2001 , increased security restricted public access to the Museum 's on-base site and forced relocation to a former REI store in Old Town Albuquerque 's museum district . In 2005 , SNL transferred operational responsibility to NAMF . SNL employees working as museum staff moved to other positions within Sandia . The Museum hired new staff who became employees of NAMF
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National Museum of Nuclear Science & History