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Pages in category "Military and war museums in Indiana" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Indiana World War Memorial, begun in 1926 and finished in 1965, is a building commemorating World War I and II veterans. It is 210 feet (64 m) tall, made of Indiana limestone, and based on the Mausoleum of Mausolus. Within it is a military museum.
This list of museums in Indiana is a list of museums, 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 public viewing.
Military scientists have identified the remains of an Indiana soldier who died in World War II when the tank he was commanding was struck by an anti-tank round during a battle in Germany. The ...
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 museum completed the restoration of an LVT-4 in 1991. [7] A major change came in the late 1990s, when the museum realized that it needed to focus on finding a new location. [ 8 ] A number of objects were loaned to the Casino Aztar in Evansville, Indiana for a temporary exhibit in 2000. [ 9 ]
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The museum was founded in 1996 by a group of individuals that included Jack Hildreth, Ted Jordan, Harry Knight, Lou Osterman, Lou Thole and Al Seibert. [3] It was dedicated in a 3,000 sq ft (280 m 2 ) former Link Trainer building on 16 August 1977 and only one week later a collection of aircraft parts was dug up by a team at the airport.