Oppenheimer in New York

Discover how New York City raised the “father of the atomic bomb” and the “destroyer of worlds.”

Main Features

• Find out about J. Robert Oppenheimer’s early years on the Upper West Side

• Learn how Oppenheimer’s unique education shaped his adulthood

• Hear about the immigrant roots of the Oppenheimer family

• Discover the sites of the Manhattan Project 

• See the legacy of the atomic bomb

Meeting point: OUTSIDE 94 Corner Cafe, 2518 Broadway, NY 10025 on the corner of Broadway and West 94th Street, beside the 94th St & 93 St East Side of Broadway exit to the 96th Street subway (Upper West Side, Manhattan)

Tour length: 2.45 hours

Distance covered: 2.2 miles