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Sperry Gallery - North Dakota Heritage Center
Exhibit galleries are open Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m-5:00 p.m., year round.
The Heritage Center, including exhibit galleries, is closed on New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
November 2, 2007 - November 11, 2009
No Admission Fee
I thoroughly enjoyed the “Atomic Age” display. It is important for US citizens to reflect on the effect this technology had on everyday life. It is especially interesting to see how involved we were right here in ND! Thanks. Joseph W. Harr
The exhibit was interesting. I liked seeing the pink phone and games. Olivia- age 3
This is such a awesome place I would love to live here. Brooke S.- age 10
Mutually assured destruction still frightens me. Jay Cline- 59 yrs
I well remember “duck & cover” drills on our bus trips. Wouldn’t have done a thing for us, but we were doing something!
I remember my parents covering the windows with blankets the light would not shine through. It was very scary. Coleen
A war with no battlefields, no monuments- only casualties.
I love learning about ND history! Jackson Boyd age 10
Wishing for:
No more war.
No more blood lost because of war.
*Comment has been translated from original Japanese and seems to be a prayer.
I think it was cool and I had fun. Patton Bonn
I found this display very interesting. I remember my Mom talking about duck & cover drills. It’s amazing to me how much of a target our “quiet, peaceful” state was/is. Lisa
"Hi from Russia! I'm so glad that we are friends now!"
"I remember the terror of nuclear war & learning the route from school to the bomb shelter. Age 58"
"Very informative. I grew up in Grand Forks and had no idea there were so many missiles there. Scary!"
"As we now know (ie Venona), there were Soviet Agents working in the State Dept (and elsewhere)"
"Mutually Assured Destruction still frightens me. Age 59"
"'An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.' It makes sense to me."
"When the Berlin Wall fell I really believed it was the start of a new, saner world..."
"Regan deserves as much credit for confronting the Soviets as Gorbachev does for changing their mindset"
"1952 - I sat at the airport in Enderlin watching for airplanes. All aircraft had to be report[ed] to Civil Defence (sic). I saw none."
"Brooks - Sweet!!!!!! I learned what a bomb shelter is."
"If war is the answer we are asking the wrong questions."
"I really like the exhibit. The pink phone was really interesting."
"The cold war was a tragic but necessary struggle."
"I am now part of this."
"Now the wars of the world are heating up. Have we learned anything? NO."
"I was part of this - stationed at Minot and Grand Forks, 1976 - 1989. Thanks, Nice Job!"
Address:
612 East Boulevard Ave.
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
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Hours:
Exhibit galleries and Museum Store: 8am - 5pm M-F; Sat. & Sun. 10am - 5pm.
State Archives: 8am - 4:30pm., M-F, except legal holidays, and 2nd Sat. of each month, 10am - 4:30 pm.
State Historical Society offices: 8am - 5pm M-F, except legal holidays.
Contact Us:
phone: (701) 328-2666
fax: (701) 328-3710
email: histsoc@nd.gov
