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A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs, and other memorabilia related to the military and war.
The National Museum of the United States Navy, or U.S. Navy Museum for short, is the flagship museum of the United States Navy and is located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun Factory on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., United States.
The United States Navy Memorial is a memorial in Washington, D.C. honoring those who have served or are currently serving in the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and the Merchant Marine. It lies on Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 7th Street Northwest and 9th Street Northwest, adjacent to the Archives station of the Washington Metro and the ...
The Royal Cornwall Museum. This list of museums in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for ...
Architectural model of the Navy and Marine Monument created circa 1924 by Harvey Wiley Corbett. [2] The Navy and Marine Memorial, is a monument honoring sailors of the United States Navy, Coast Guard, the United States Merchant Marine, the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and others who died at sea during World War I and other times.
The Navy and Marine Memorial on Columbia Island in Washington, D.C. Detail of the memorial Navy and Marine Memorial sitting upon a temporary concrete foundation circa 1936. [ 1 ] The Navy and Marine Memorial , is a monument honoring sailors of the United States Navy , Coast Guard , the United States Merchant Marine , the NOAA Commissioned ...
DeLand Naval Air Station Museum, Deland; EAA Chapter 1241 Air Museum, Marathon [46] Fantasy of Flight, Polk City; Florida Air Museum, Lakeland; Flying Tigers Warbird Air Museum, Kissimmee [47] Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Merritt Island; Kissimmee Air Museum, Kissimmee; National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola
The Museum of Hygiene was made into a Navy medical school in 1902. [10] Beginning in 1903, the Naval Medical Hospital was constructed behind the old observatory, and it remained in use until 1942, when both the medical school and hospital operations were transferred to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. [9]