White Sands Missile Museum ~ New Mexico

I've searched the forum and can't find any reference to the missile museum just outside White Sands that can be accessed by the public ~ this is for anyone who is interested in missile history.

I've never made it yet myself however my colleagues at Davis Monthan inform me that its a must see and its free.

The instructions that they gave me are to head east out of town called Las Cruces on interstate road 70 and to look for a right hand turn after crossing over the Organ mountain range.

Its a military road and may be signed as White Sands HQ.

Before you get to the military base of White Sands you have to pass through a military security gate and tell them that you want to visit the museum.

Apparently the museum is a little further down the road on the left and you cant miss it because they have an example of every missile tested on the range standing at the side of the road.

Their only warning given was that if you enter Alamogordo you missed the entrance road by about 50 miles.

If there is anyone on the forum who has been there will they correct any errors in my instructions as I understand its not the place you want to drive for a couple of hundred miles unless you do enjoy desert driving.

The site is easy to find on Goggle maps, lots of pictures too

kebecker;159021 wrote:

The site is easy to find on Goggle maps, lots of pictures too

Thanks found it with a link to the museum site.

For any one interested I had to search under ' White Sands, New Mexico, USA ' as the defaults take you different range locations.

Google shows in on NM 213 however I believe that ' Wsmr P Rt 1 ' which I believe stands for ' White Sands Missile Range Private Route 1 ' may be its official range title.

Interestingly a few yards further on is ' Wsmr P Rt 2 ' that takes you to the launch complex 33 that was used for the American V2 trials etc.

Apparently they were originally delivered in a 300 box car train to the Las Cruces depot after being liberated from Germany.

Went there back in the late 80s/early 90s (91 I think) ...I remember there were a lot of interesting exhibits ....more interested however in a scrap area that was visible from inside the museum buildings that had several V1 ( or similar) in a pile.Got some video someplace - I'll try to find it.

Recently found the VHS tape from our visit in July 1990...here are four pictures (snapshots from the video - so sorry about the poor quality) from there.

What was your viewpoint to film from that angle Dave?

Was in the museum building which overlooks the scrap area. IIRC we were on the first floor (2nd floor US).

Thanks.