Funding included support from purchasing commemorative Nevada Test Site license plates issued by the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles.

On December 31, 2011, President Barack Obama signed a military spending bill that included designating the museum as a national museum affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution.

Other displays focus on important figures at the facility, videos, and interactive exhibits about radiation.

The data include temperature, wind speed, and background gamma radiation in microroentgens per hour.

The station is part of the Community Environmental Monitoring Network (CEMP).