Minuteman Missile National Historic Site — Attraction in Philip

This remarkable museum includes thoughts from both sides of the cold war. The pictures remind me of when I was in school. The remnants of military hardware still have their toxic cadmium plating (ya, don't touch stuff). The nice colorful graphic models depict the enormity of weaponry prepared but never used. The photo book at the entrance of the exhibit was my favorite part because it gave a human face to the existence of top security living. I also enjoyed the writings of people who lived near the missile silos, who recognized that they lived by utter devastation and came to grips with the idea that they were primary targets by believing it was their duty as citizens, that they were doing their part. This is something I always wondered about. The gift shop was fun too. I heard others laugh and others with serious faces. This museum was worth the visit. But I'm not sure the young people...

Way more interesting than I expected. The videos were moving, really makes you think and appreciate the soldiers that stand guard for us. My favorite part was the room that showed year by year a summary of major events, close calls with other countries. (I'm from the generation where we had the sirens in town going off for bomb warning drills. Probably getting under a desk wouldn't help much- but we felt we were doing something. ) Caught the tail end of a talk one of the soldiers gave, who once manned the missile silos. It was a great talk & I might just go back to catch the whole talk. Of course, the whole experience brings up emotions about what if... I pray that knowing there is a serious threat of immediate retaliation will prevent another country from sending a 1st strike towards US soil. And also make our leaders...

Informative, we learned quite a lot while there. It has very interesting history of the arms race between the US and the USSR. It would've been better to have the visitor center at the Delta 09 site instead of 15 miles away. It feels like they just put it in a random site, because it's also not at the Delta 01 nor the control center. Only 24 people per day can get to Delta 01, and they are booked 3 months out. Reservations are required for that. The summer hours are much too short. It's 9-4 for the visitor center, and 9-3 for the Delta 09. And you need about an hour just to go through the visitor center to read some of the history,...