Posted on May 18, 2014
Military-related Displays, Collections, and Museums
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There are a ton of great museums, collections, and displays related to the military, military history, etc. We've talked about similar subjects here, so the idea here is to discus & share some of these outstanding collections/displays/museums (both civilian and military) that (directly or indirectly) speak of our military history or tell a story applicable to the military experience; although some may not be military specific, but somehow relate to the military in some way (think the Holocaust Museum, Spy Museum, and others), some may be here in the States, while others may be overseas, and some may be smaller local collections (or displays that have military meaning). Still others may be private or at the HQ or unit level. Please feel free to share any photos, links, stories or anything else necessary to describe your tale; thank you for all that you do, and... see you all in the discussion threads!
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Some of my favorites are the Airborne and Special Operations Museum (Fayetteville, NC), the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum (Ft. Bragg), and the U.S. Army Chemical School Museum (Ft. Leonard Wood). The ASOM has a lot of really well-done displays and great artifacts. The 82nd museum has a lot of great artifacts ranging from World War I to the current conflicts. The Chemical Museum has a lot of great history and tells the story of the Chemical Corps from the fledgling Chemical Warfare Service of World War I to the highly technical branch that it is today.
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My wife and I are huge Military History buffs, we have people all over the place and found some really cool Museums and collections.
One I recently went to was the Air Force Armament Museum in Fort Walton Beach, FL (right outside Eglin AFB)
http://www.afarmamentmuseum.com/
One I recently went to was the Air Force Armament Museum in Fort Walton Beach, FL (right outside Eglin AFB)
http://www.afarmamentmuseum.com/
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Here's a recent article on the WWII Museum collections: http://gazette.com/hoping-to-fill-holes-in-ww2-museum-collections/article/feed/75122
Hoping to fill holes in WW2 Museum collections
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Even with enough artifacts to fill a growing number of buildings, the National World War II Museum's collections have some gaping holes. Those include items from the Holocaust, the first U.S. engagement with German troops, and the women who flew military airplanes to the front, freeing male pilots to fight. Although the museum's 100,000-plus artifacts include belongings from about 900 women in other services and the home...
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