Hawkins National Laboratory

Location from Stranger Things by The Duffer Brothers

A Department of Energy facility on the outskirts of Hawkins that conducted illegal psychic experiments on children and accidentally tore open a gate to the Upside Down.

Also known as: Hawkins Lab, the lab, Hawkins National Laboratory, the DOE lab, the Department of Energy

What They Know

• Dr. Brenner ran MKUltra-derived experiments on at least eleven children with psychic abilities, designating them by number
• Eleven accidentally opened the first gate to the Upside Down in the lab's sub-basement during a psychic contact experiment
• The gate in the lab's basement was sealed by Eleven in 1984 at tremendous personal cost
• Dr. Owens took over the lab after Brenner's apparent death and attempted damage control, eventually becoming an ally to Eleven

Connections

• child_of — hawkins
• parent_of — rainbow_room
• connected_to — upside_down
• run_by — brenner
• later_run_by — owens
• located_at — sensory_deprivation_tank

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