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Pages in category "World War II museums in the United States" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Various firearms used by the United States military during World War II, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia. The following is a list of World War II weapons of the United States, which includes firearm, artillery, vehicles, vessels, and other support equipment known to have been used by the United States Armed Forces—namely the United States Army, United ...
The museum focuses on the contribution made by the United States to Allied victory in World War II. Founded in 2000, it was later designated by the U.S. Congress as America's official National WWII Museum in 2004. [2] The museum is a Smithsonian Institution affiliated museum, [3] as part of the Smithsonian Institution's outreach program. [4]
Pritzker Military Museum & Library seal, commissioned from James Dietz. The Museum & Library has also hosted exhibitions by artists such as Steve Mumford, James Dietz, Don Stivers, and members of the Midwest Air Force Association. [24] Other exhibitions have included Don't Be a Dope!: Training Comics from World War II and Korea [25] and
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]
Sherman Tank of Polish I Corps fighting in Western Europe during WWII Norden M2WS bombsight Interior of the museum. The Museum of the Second World War (Polish: Muzeum II Wojny Światowej) is a state cultural institution and museum established in 2008 in Gdańsk, Poland, which is devoted to the Second World War. Its exhibits opened in 2017.
The bunker and museum lies within the municipality of Irrel and have been open to visitors since 1979. Together with other bunkers the Panzerwerk Katzenkopf was built to guard the main road from Cologne to the city of Luxembourg. It is the northernmost strongpoint in the Siegfried Line.
Traditionally, military museums focus primarily on weapons technology and the glamorous representation of national armed forces; they impress visitors by shows of military power and display wars in isolation from other historic events. The museum has made an effort to be a different kind of military museum. It displays war and the military as ...