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The International Museum of World War II was a nonprofit museum devoted to World War II located in Natick, Massachusetts, a few miles west of Boston.It was formed over a period of more than 50 years by its founder, Kenneth W. Rendell, one of the world's premier dealers in autographs, letters and manuscripts, [1] who has earned international renown as an authenticator of historic artifacts. [2]
This list of museums in Massachusetts 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.
Battleship Cove is a nonprofit maritime museum and war memorial in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States.Featuring the world's largest collection of World War II-era naval vessels, [1] [2] it is home to the highly-decorated battleship USS Massachusetts.
The American Heritage Museum is a military history museum located on the grounds of the Collings Foundation in the town of Stow, Massachusetts, 21 miles (34 km) west of Boston. The collection consists of over 100 artifacts, most of which were formerly part of the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation collection in Portola Valley, California. [2]
In 2016 the museum, which was originally known as the Museum of World War II, was renamed The International Museum of World War II to better reflect the global perspective of its exhibitions, which, the Imperial War Museum has asserted, boast "the most comprehensive display of original World War II artifacts on exhibit anywhere in the world."
The world now knows the D-Day invasion marked a turning point in the war, that it would lead to the defeat of the Nazis and the end of World War II, but none of that was a given as 156,000 Allied ...
World War II destroyer museum ship USS Constitution: Charlestown: Maritime "Old Ironsides", wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, launched in 1797 USS Constitution Museum: Charlestown: Maritime: Privately run museum is located at the former Charlestown Navy Yard near the US Navy's USS Constitution: Vilna Shul ...
American Civil War museums in Massachusetts (3 P) ... The International Museum of World War II; J. USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. L. USS Lionfish; M. USS Massachusetts (BB-59)