OK, its probably been hit on here before I arrived... But we seem to be located all around the globe on here... If Im travelling around which 3 military museums should I visit in your home country? Many Brits might not agree with my 3 as they are probably amongst most well known but for me I never bore of any of these in the UK.. Imperial war museum London. The approach to museum with its gun display outside entrance...the Blitz experience if it is still on show where you sit in an air raid shelter in a bombing raid, the trench of ww1 truly amazing, the art work on display, the other wars section and displays...and my own biased favourite Montomery display. Tank museum Bovington Dorset. Tanks and armoured vehicles from ww1 through to Gulf, with all nations armour represented and working displays on battle area outside museum halls where armour drives around at display times. On ww2 to stand next to a fully extended DD sherman in its full glory with canvas up and ready to float off, stand next to a tiger, panther whatever, and my personal fafourite the amrour of 1940, French Char B's etc, some of the lesser popular armour we generally sideline. And the good old Battle of Britain Bomber command museum, Hendon London. Raf museum in seperate hallways, from early days aircraft of all times in Raf service in various displays including USAAF display, B17, numerous fighters, Sunderland flying boat up to Vulcan bomber and good little dedication you would miss if you didnt look carefully in honour of the guys from "the great escape" without Steve Mcqueen on his motorcylce... Then to Bob hall, displays of civilian life in blitz to recreation of 11 GP fighter command control room, numerous fighters of all nations involved with a great gift shop with good book selection... And to top it, Raf museum on old RAF Hendon site Imperial war museum in Lambeth, of Lambeth walk song fame, Tank museum at Bovington still home to British armoured warfare and great to drive up lanes to museum with signs beware of tanks crossing road...having to back up when a challenger suddenly appears...
That is a great idea! In Finland I´d prefer: ------ 1.Parola Armour Museum-WW2 tanks etc http://www.panssarikilta.fi/Museo/englanti/Kehys-E.htm 2.Central Finland Aviation Museum http://www.jiop.fi/ksimuseo/ 3.Mannerheim Museum http://www.mannerheim-museo.fi/ [ 09. January 2003, 12:51 PM: Message edited by: Kai-Petri ]
Strangely enough, here in Indiana we have an armor museum. It's a private collection - the guy just buys tanks!!! No german stuff, but he has 1 t-34 and a couple of US halftracks, one grant, and one sherman. The rest, I believe, is postwar. He's in anderson, indiana. I've heard that the Patton museum is great - I think that's Ft. Knox, KY. I've also heard that the D-Day Museum in New Orleans is pretty bad. It supposedly has very few artifacts on display and is mostly maps and stuff. That was about 2 years ago, though. They may have improved. Another one close to my heart is the Ernie Pyle museum in Dana, IN. I love his writings, and not only was he from Indiana, but he went to IU, where I'm currently working and getting my masters, and where I got my history degree. Not tooooooo amazing a museum, but like I said, he's a personal hero of mine. I actually got to handle his original jeep cap when we helped out with a display there. I've heard that there is a great 1st Infantry division museum in Cantigney, IL and someplace called Motts Military Museum not to far from my hometown, but my car has been out of action for awhile and my time is taken up by homework, so I have not yet seen either. I'm hoping my history group goes on a trip to see them soon.
If you get to Texas, and like airplanes, then I would recommend the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston. They have approx.60% WWII aircraft. Also at anouther park in Galveston there is a submarine and destroyer for tour and out side of Houston is the Battleship Texas. In Corpus Christi there is the aircraft carrier open to visit with lots of aircraft on deck. In Austin at Camp Mabry there is a smaller museum with about 10 tanks and 2 Pipers and one heliocopter plus lots of uniforms and diaramas and small arms of Japan and Germany plus Civil War small arms and cannon. The price is right(free !) Lackland AFB in San Antonio had some aircraft on display but I have not been there since 1988 and they have gotton rid of some. The UK got the B-24 that they had on the parade grounds. Some WWII planes, but mostly 50's and 60's jets. The Confederate Air Force used to be good the 70's and early 80's but now they have fallen on bad times. They are in Midland Texas now.
1)AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA Lots of new additions, as well as refurbishment of a new wing, including one of the Jap mini subs that attacked Sydney Harbour in 1942, and a gun from an Australian Destroyer.The museum also contains the original medals of several VC recipients. 2) MUSWELLBROOK INFANTRY MUSEUM War relics from all over-ww1, ww2, korea, vietnam. That's it really-maybe Sniper can fill the gaps.
Shouldnt have started this one, now im spending too much time finding any links to em on net, keep fixing peoples machines at work, and when they get me a coffee they come back and ask me why they have screensavers of ww2 aircraft, ill have em on bosses machine soon... Talking ships, some I forgot to mention in UK, HMS Belfast in pool of London on Thames, is worth a day on its own, also the warship dock in Birkenhead Liverpool, and of course from times gone by....Hms Victory, but bend your head...
There arn't many war Museums here in New Zealand. One I can Recomend is the War Museum in Waiouru. The have some great displays in a very large museum of New Zealands War History. They also have Charles Upham's double VC on display. http://www.army.mil.nz/nzarmy/grids/b_grid.asp?id=175&area=19
Well, in this country there are no museums about WWII except for a little museum about the Holocaust. But I do not think they are needed because here are many museums about archaelogy and other wars. I love Chapultepec's casstle, scennary of the last battle in the Mexican-American war in 1948. I shall post some pictures later.
