In wake of 'Oppenheimer,' Los Alamos lays ground rules for visitors

Since the release of the film "Oppenheimer" this summer, there's been "unprecedented tourist attention" on the site where the atomic bomb was developed, a news release stated.

The release added Los Alamos National Laboratory is still a national security laboratory — and as such — has special restrictions and areas not open to the public.

In response to the influx of interest in the facility, LANL has assembled a frequently asked questions guide for potential visitors:

Can I get a badge to tour the labs?

No, badges are for authorized personnel only. To find out what the lab does on a daily basis, visit its website.

I want to learn more about Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project, where else in town can I go?

• Bradbury Science Museum: 1450 Central Ave. With exhibits on lab science from the Manhattan Project to today, the museum is free, operated by the Laboratory and open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday

• Los Alamos History Museum, Fuller Lodge, and Bathtub Row: 1050 Bathtub Row. Formerly the Los Alamos Ranch School, these buildings were purchased by the United States for use during the Manhattan Project and are now owned and operated by Los Alamos County. Here you can see Fuller Lodge, where several movie scenes took place, the museum (chock-full of Manhattan Project memorabilia) and walk around the outside of Oppenheimer’s house.

• Manhattan Project National Historical Park Visitor Center: Step inside and learn how Los Alamos looked and felt during the Manhattan Project era. Park personnel can answer your questions.

Can I share photos of my trip on social media?

Photos of the LANL facility — even those taken from the street or in your car — are prohibited, and security personnel could potentially take your device to delete pictures.

The lab instead recommends downloading free, unclassified photos from its archive.

Bradbury Science Museum, the Fuller Lodge area and Park Visitors’ Center are off Lab property and photography there is welcome.

10 historical pictures from Los Alamos and Manhattan Project

Manhattan Project employees work on the Gadget in southern New Mexico.

The Calutron Girls separated uranium at Y-12 in Oak Ridge without knowing what they were working on.

A checkpoint to the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos.

The main gate at Los Alamos National Laboratory during the atomic bomb era.

A street scene in Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

Houses along Bathtub Row in Los Alamos were the only ones with bathtubs during the Manhattan Project.

Physicist and Navy commander Norris Bradbury, led assembly of the non-nuclear parts of the Trinity

The White House Millenium Council has earmarked $700,000 to save the last remnant buildings of the Manhattan Project to create the A-bomb. This factory for molding and machining high explosives was built at S Site in the early 1940s to withstand accidental explosions but today is falling apart.

Plutonium pits are cast at Los Alamos National Laboratory LANL in 2011 completed the manufacture of the 29th war-reserve-quality plutonium pit for the W88 warhead, as part of the U.S. Stockpile Stewardship Program. The W88 is the backbone of the nation's submarine deterrent force.

Officials from the National Parks Service, the Department of Energy and Los Alamos take a tour of the Oppenheimer House in Los Alamos, Tuesday June 2, 2015. This sculpture of the scientist and LANL director during the Manhattan Project is on the hearth.