

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Ames History Museum: The Ames Connection to WW2's Manhattan Project
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 25 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Topic — The Ames Connection to WW2's Manhattan Project
Speaker — Kathy Svec, daughter of a Project researcher

The desperate, top-secret race during World War II to master the military technology of nuclear fission before Nazi Germany played out in 32 sites across the U.S. and Canada.

The story of how Ames became one of these sites will be told by the speaker, whose father, Harry J. Svec, was pulled into the research while a graduate student in Chemistry at Iowa State. The role that small group of scientists at a Midwest college played was critical to the timing and success of the Project.

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Presented in partnership with Ames Public Library and Ames History Museum.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Ames
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 515 Douglas Ave, Ames, IA, United States, Iowa 50010
- **lat**: 42.02642
- **long**: -93.61257
- **full address**: 515 Douglas Ave, Ames, IA, United States, Iowa 50010

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- **organizer**: Ames Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/ames-public-library/12844663)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 25 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 515 Douglas Ave, Ames, IA, United States, Iowa 50010
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Ames Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Sports
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