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The Cold War Era Civil Defense Museum
URL: http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/

Description:
This virtual museum is "dedicated to the Civil Defense personnel of the United States who worked throughout the Cold War to try to protect the public from nuclear attack." Among the exhibits are bomb shelter tours, illustrated inventories of shelter supplies and toilet facilities, radiation kids, a sizable art gallery of official posters from the Office of Civil Defense, and audio files of radio warnings.

Author:
Green, Eric

Extra Keywords
fallout shelters

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Atomic bomb -- Safety measures
Civil defense
Cold War

LII Database Information:
Record 5286 created by Douglas Smith on 05/31/2002
Last modification on 01/18/2004
Published: 05/31/2002  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/5286