Minuteman Missile tour

We stopped by the Minuteman Missile national historic site. They offer a 12 min. video and then send you on your way to the tour site which is about 5 miles away on I-90. Be sure to get to the historic site at least a half hour before your tour to give yourself time to watch the video and drive to the tour site. Even better get there 45 min. in advance so you can look at the displays. Right now the last tour was at 3 p.m. even though the historic site is open till 4:30. The tours available when we were there were 9, 10, 11, 1, 2 and 3.

Picture of control center where the tour is. We really enjoyed this tour. You walk through the living quarters before heading underground to the control room. They explain who lived there, what they did and what the schedule was like. Very interesting glimpse into history.

Cute pizza box painting on heave thick steel door to underground control center.

Stairs to the underground control center. There is also an elevator which is what is used by the tour.

Big shocks to absorb earth movement caused by bombs. The control room was supported by 4 big shock absorbers to allow 2 ft of movement in any direction.

The chairs for the missile operators contained seatbelts so they wouldn't be thrown about and could do their jobs. In addition they were on rails so they could move the chairs back and forth in front of the equipment.

Big, old heavy equipment before modern day computers.




This tour is free and well done.