Museums

[MG1918]

I really have looked for a thread that may exist, but, could not find it. If it does I am sure the moderators will move this. I would like to start a thread on museum visits and their photos. Not only will it be interesting but it will inform any members future travels!
I will post a few of traditional WWI Belgium museum sites/visits but having been to the Atlantic Wall Museum at Ostende in Belgium recently I want to sing their praise.......despite my WWI Imperial German MG interest!


Mark

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[Badger]

In case someone hasn't seen this terrific MKL entry ...

Lithgow SAF Museum Tour (click here)

Also...

Jim Supica, Director of the NRA Museums, joins Cameron Gray and John Popp on a special edition of Curator's Corner in the new NRA National Sporting Arms Museum, at the Bass Pro Shops in Springfield, Missouri. Jim not only provides a history of the museum in the making, but also a sneak peek of the museum the day before the grand opening.



Regards,
Doug

[Aragorn243]

Aberdeen Proving Grounds has a museum that while small is top notch. Aberdeen is the home of the US Army testing and proving grounds so most captured weapons eventually found there way there and a lot of them are in the museum. As far as I know, it is free. They have several rail guns, V1 and V2 rockets, a lot of tanks and artillery pieces and an indoor museum that has small arms, etc. If they allow it (security issues) there is a tank row which contains nearly every US tank made and or tested so there are a lot of prototypes on display. This is not exactly part of the museum but is located in the median strip of a road going into the post. Located in Maryland just north of Baltimore.

[oldpaul]

Four years ago my wife and I leased a car and drove around some of western Europe (Italy, France, Belgium, Spain and Portugal). We visited a few of the Great War battlefields and more than a few museums. The Canadian memorial at Vimy Ridge was absolutely stellar with its small museum, restored trenches and original under ground bunker tour. They use well informed Canadian students on summer break to inform and guide. The opposing trenches are so close, the bunkers so confining and the artillery craters so large. Regards. Tom