Black Hole Museum: A New Idea for the Los Alamos Community The Black Hole (aka the Los Alamos Sales Company) was a unique store and attraction for many years in Los Alamos that displayed an assortment of items procured by Ed Grothus, who was a Los Alamos National Laboratory machinist in the late 1940s. Grothus left LANL and became an outspoken anti-nuclear activist who operated the Black Hole, a business that collected and sold salvaged surplus equipment from the Laboratory that he felt could be repurposed for a peaceful re-use. For many years, the Black Hole was a noted visitor destination in Los Alamos County drawing visitors from around the world. Janire Najera, an accomplished documentary photographer and multimedia artist worked with Ed in his later years to tell the story of the Black Hole. Her works include the book “Atomic Ed (2019),” a short film, and an exhibit fe...