What Is Hawkins Lab?

The Hawkins National Laboratory, connected to the U.S. Department of Energy, was a federal complex located in Hawkins, Indiana. It was most likely controlled by the CIA or NSA, and was one of several national laboratories which grew out of the scientific endeavors of World War II.

What is Hawkins lab in real life?

The place shown as the Hawkins National laboratory in the show is actually Briarcliff Campus of Emory University, situated in Atlanta. While all the exterior shots of the building were filmed on the site, the scenes inside the laboratory were filmed at Atlanta's EUE Screen Gems Studio.

Is Hawkins laboratory real?

While the show's music and the '80s are based in reality, whether Stranger Things' Hawkins National Laboratory is real is another story. Since the series takes place in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, there isn't, in fact, a real creepy experiment-filled lab like Hawkins (that the public knows of, anyway).