3D print the National Atomic Testing Museum
A free, printable model of the National Atomic Testing Museum, a boxy building with a curved wing and rooftop details, and the roads and water around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the National Atomic Testing Museum
This Las Vegas, Nevada, museum is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. Its subject is the history of the nuclear tests carried out at the Nevada Test Site, in the Mojave Desert some 105 km (65 miles) northwest of the city. It opened in March 2005 under the name Atomic Testing Museum, operated by a non-profit, the Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation.
The address is 755 E. Flamingo Rd., east of the Las Vegas Strip and north of Harry Reid International Airport, beside the UNLV campus. A military spending bill signed on December 31, 2011 by President Barack Obama included a provision making it a national museum in affiliation with the Smithsonian Institution.
Exhibits start with the first test at the Nevada Test Site on January 27, 1951. In a Ground Zero Theater, visitors experience a simulation of observing an atmospheric nuclear test. Objects on display include Geiger counters, radio badges and other devices for testing radiation, artifacts of Native American origin tied to the area around the test site, pop-culture memorabilia from the atomic era, and the equipment that was used in testing. There is also a piece of the Berlin Wall alongside graffiti art from it, plus two items from the World Trade Center. A weather station outside logs weather data for downtown Las Vegas: wind speed, temperature and background gamma radiation.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 5 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 6 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 7 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Curved wing with slim columns
- A rounded wing with slim vertical columns sits at one end. Print friendly adapts the thinnest columns to the print scale; Full detail and a larger print keep more of them.
- Small rooftop details
- The flat roof carries small boxes and a round disc. These are tiny at print scale, so a larger print size and 0.12–0.16 mm layers help keep them visible.
- One piece with the ground
- The National Atomic Testing Museum is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The National Atomic Testing Museum takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The National Atomic Testing Museum is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a National Atomic Testing Museum STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The National Atomic Testing Museum grows with the print: about 5 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
