Museums with Axis equipment

I'm compiling information on museums with Axis WW2 equipment on my site, the Axis History Factbook, and I'd appreciate any help with additions (text or photos) or corrections to the material.

The museums section can be found at http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=56

Thanks.

(I hope you don't mind me posting this here)

/Marcus
marcus@skalman.nu

 

'Forsvarsmuseet' has a Goliath and a PzKpfw I ( can´t remember if is an Ausf.A or Ausf.B though, which is rather embarrassing as I must have seen it a million times ). I noticed that you had included the link under 'various'.

'Arquebus krigshistorisk museum', which you already have on your list, also have a Hotchkiss tank. Technically not a German tank ( I noticed that it wasn´t included in the inventory list under the link ), but apparently used by German forces during the occupation of Norway.

http://www.museumsnett.no/arquebus/side ... 20Arquebus

 

This museum has some too. I can't remember what they do have but from the site a marder III and a Hetzer.


http://www.museum-sinsheim.de/

 

Both the Patton Museum at FT Knox and the Aberdeen Proving Grounds has Axis AFV's.

The NRA's National Firearms Museum has Axis weapons.

 

There are museums with Axis equipment (though no vehicles that I'm aware of) in Echternach and Clervaux, both in Luxembourg. Clervaux has a PAK43, Echternach has several large pieces of German tanks (suspension etc).

 

The resistance museum near Rochefort-en-Terre; France.

PaK 40 + others.

 

the museum with the most amount of ww2 tanks and airplaines is the one in brussels

 

I think Munster and Saumur really match Brussels at least in tanks. Bovington is likely to have more.

 

Bovington has plenty, including a Tiger 1. The website does not provide a full list of tanks...

http://www.tankmuseum.co.uk/home.html

Duxford's Land Warfare Hall has a few - including a Hetzer.

http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.1223

 

Duxford also got it's Stug III from Bovington. The one at Bovington is a non-runner, while the one they gave to Duxford apparently only needs minor restoration to it's engine to be able to run.

Marcus, remember that tankfest will be run again next year. A good time to see Bovvie and the tanks running.

 

Do you have any info on those museums, the names for example?



Thanks for the information posted so far.

/Marcus

 

The "Spitfire and Hurricane Museum" at Manston in Kent has some pieces that I suppose could be more accurately considered Axis relics than equipment including an MG-FF that was pulled up by a trawler.

 

The Patton Museum is unique in that most of it's collection consists of 'running' examples. Each July 4th, they 'crank-up' various tanks and stage a mock-battle as part of the Independence Day Celebration.
To my knowledge, their 'Panther' is the only running example in the world.

Tim

 

Kalamazoo Air Zoo...

located in Kalamazoo, Michigan has a collection of all the Grumman "Cats." Wildcat, Hellcat, Tigercat and Bearcat.

Tim

 

Actually I know that the tank museum in Saumur/France has a running Panther too(as I saw it "in action")

 

Oh, I made an error, the museum I said was in Echternach is actually in Ettelbrück. It is called the "General Patton Memorial Museum".

The one in Clervaux is called "Musee de la bataille des Ardennes".

 

Thanks Roel.

/Marcus

 

The museum at Kubinka has a load - here is a link to the contents of the collection.

http://members.aol.com/kubinka/kubcat.htm

 

the Uday Hazy center has maybe 50+ Axis aircraft

ME-262s, Comets163

http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/airc ... craft.html

Space shuttles, Wright bro flyers, V-1, V-2, Soyuz, Oha rocket powered kamakazi, U-2, Sr71, Apollo, WWII German Heinkle jet bombers, Enola Gay, Spirt of St louis, Fokker D-3, Migs, Suhkoi, Spits, Me109 etc

http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/airc ... craft.html

 

Those two are listed, but thanks.

/Marcus