We were in Richland to experience the Hanford tour with Matt’s mother, but we stopped at the REACH museum first.
I’m still uncertain just what the REACH museum is, even after having visited and after looking at their website. I think it’s talking about how the Columbia River sustains a large area around it. Here’s a big picture of the Columbia and how it reaches so very far, as indicated by the green patches. I think that big brown area where the word “irrigated” is might be the Hanford site.
The REACH had some nice displays of how the Tri-Cities area developed, geologically and with human influence. It’s also the first place I learned about the 2300 people kicked off their land with 30 days notice so the Manhattan Project could build a nuclear power plant. Also about Alphabet Houses.
Other people displaced by the Manhattan project? Native Americans. They had lived in the area for thousands of years.
I like the building. You can tell that it’s very recent construction. You’re right, though, the website doesn’t exactly clarify what the museum is all about. Was it a random find on your way to the Hanford site, or did you learn about it beforehand?
More like a quick googling when we realized we would have a block of time before the Hanford Tour started. 🙂