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Museums
with significant arms exhibits
Some are primarily arms museums and others have
significant arms collections as part of a larger focus on artistic,
cultural or technological materials.
Advance contact is recommended to confirm operating hours and any
special exhibits or programs which may be available. Anyone planning
to conduct research using a museum's resources needs to make advance
arrangements both as a matter of courtesy, and to pre-plan to make
best use of available time for both the researcher and the museum
staff.
Arms
Museums in the United States
Arms Museums outside the United States
Arms Museums in
the United States
(NOTE:
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Format used:
Museum name
Sponsor or special area of the museum
Address
Telephone
Link to website
Point of contact
(Special focus) (date last updated)
National Firearms
Museum
National Rifle Association
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 267-1600
http://nra.nationalfirearms.museum
Phil Schreier, curator
(18th, 19th, & 20th Century Firearms) (10/05)
The Art Institute of Chicago
The George F. Harding, Jr. Collection of Arms and Armor
111 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110
(312) 443-3642
http://www.artic.edu
Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military
Park
P.O. Box 2128
Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742
(706) 866-9241
http://www.nps.gov/chch/index.htm
M. Ann Belkov, Supt.
(Claud E. Fuller Arms Collection) (7/04)
Cody Firearms Museum
Buffalo Bill Historical Center
720 Sheridan Avenue
Cody, Wyoming 82414
(307) 578-4117
http://www.bbhc.org/firearms
David Kennedy, Curator
Serial number research (307) 587·4771 (10/05)
Colonial Williamsburg
P. O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776
(757) 229-1000
http://www.history.org/history/museums
Erik Goldstein, Curator
(Revolutionary War Arms, & British arms 1702-1780) (10/05)
First Corps of Cadets Museum
227 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 267-1726
John McCaully, Curator
(U.S. Flintlock, Percussion, & Cartridge Military Arms) (7/04)
Fort Ticonderoga
P.O. Box 390
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
(518) 585-2821
http://www.fort-ticonderoga.org
Christopher Fox, Curator of Collections
(Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms) (10/05)
Frazier Historical Arms Museum (NEW!
Opened May 22, 2004)
829 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202-2619
http://frazierarmsmuseum.org
(502) 412-2280 or toll-free (866) 886-7103
Mr. Walter "Chip" Karcheski, Chief Curator of Arms and
Armor
(Includes huge number of exhibits from England's Royal Armouries
in addition to large and first rate collection of American arms.)
(7/04)
Higgins Armory Museum
100 Barber Avenue
Worcester, MA - 01606-2444
(508) 853-6015 ext.17 Fax: .1-508-852 76 97 e-mail: jforgeng@higgins.org
website:
http://www.higgins.org
J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Musuem
333 Lynn Riggs Blvd. (U.S. Route 66)
Claremore, Okla. 74018
( 918)341-5707
http://www.state.ok.us/~jmdavis/
John M. Browning Memorial Museum
Rock Island Arsenal
Building 60
Rock Island, IL 61201
http://riamwr.com/MuseumHist.htm
Kris Gayman Leinicke, Curator
(American military Arms) (10/05)
Maine State Museum
State House Station 83
Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 289-2301
http://www.maine.gov/museum/index.html
Edwin Churchill, Chief Curator
(Collection of American Firearms expanded on Leister Collection)
(10/05)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org
5th Avenue at 82nd Street
New York City. NY 10028
(212) 879-5500 Ext. 3396
Stuart Pyhrr
(High Art Arms & Armor)
Milwaukee Public Museum Reference Library (Nunnemacher
Collection)
800 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233-1478
(414) 278-2736
http://www.mpm.edu/research/library/library.html
Morristown National Historic Park
30 Washington Place
Morristown, NJ 07960-4299
(908) 766-8215
http://www.nps.gov/morr
Susan Kopczynski, Curator
(Revolutionary War Arms) (7/04)
Mountain Post Museum
Fort Carson, CO 80913
(:303) 579-2908
James J. Bush
Museum of the Fur Trade
6321 Highway 20
Chadron, NE 69337
(308) 432-3843
http://www.furtrade.org
(Indian Trade Arms) (10/05)
National Infantry Museum
Bldg 396- Baltzelll Avenue
Fort Benning, GA 31905
(706) 545-2958
http://www.benningmwr.com/museum.cfm
(American Military Arms) (10/05)
The National Museum of American History (Smithsonian
Institution)
14th Street and Constitution Avenue
Washington, DC 20560
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu
(202) 633-3950
Bart Hacker, Curator, Division of Military History and Diplomacy
(American & European Arms) (7/04)
Saint Louis Art Musuem
1 Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110-1380
(314) 721.0072
http://slam.org/exhibits/armsandarmor/index.html
(Arms and Armor gallery) (10/05)
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/spar
One Armory Square
Springfield, MA 01105-1299
(413) 734-6477 (office)
(413) 734-8551 (musuem)
Visit the Springfield Armory Cyber Museum on line at http://www.rediscov.com/spring.htm
John R. McCabe, Curator; Dru Bronson-Geoffroy, Archivist
(American Military Arms) (10/05)
U.S. Army Ordnance Museum
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005
(410) 278-3602
http://www.ordmusfound.org/index.htm
(U.S. Military Arms and Ordnance) (10/05)
U.S. Cavalry Museum
Box 9232
Fort Riley, KS
(785) 239-2737
http://www.riley.army.mil/view/article.asp?id=843-2002-04-30-35648-81
(10/05)
U.S. Marine Corps Museum
Washington Navy Yard
Closed to the public as of 15 April 2005
http://204.2.118.231/store/mchf/museum.asp
(10/05)
U.S. Marine Corps Air·Ground Museum [CLOSED
PERMANENTLY-
shifting to National Museum of the Marine Corps & Heritage Center]
(7/04)
U.S. Naval Academy Museum
118 Maryland Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21402-5034
(410) 293-2108
http://www.usna.edu/Museum
Jim Cheevers, Senior Curator (10/05)
Valley Forge National Historic Park
1400 North Outerline Drive
King of Prussia, PA 19406
(610) 783-10000
http://www.nps.gov/vafo
Wallace Elms, Supt.
(George Neuman Revolutionary War Arms Collection) (10/05)
Walters Art Museum (formerly known as: Walters
Art Gallery)
600 North Charles Street
Baltimore, 21201 USA Tel.: .1-
( 410) 547- 9000
http://www.thewalters.org
West Point Museum
United States Military Academy
West Point, NY 10996
http://www.usma.edu/Museum
(10/05)
Arms
Museums in countries other than the United States
(Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belorussia,
Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great
Britain, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe)
The "International Comittee of Museums of Arms and
Collections of Military History" (ICOMAM) maintains a listing
of arms musuems with full contact and webiste information. Rather
than duplicate their efforts we urge you to use the list at
http://www.klm-mra.be/icomam/main.php?id=members
Please send corrections or suggested additions
to:
American Society of Arms Collectors
P.O. Box 50400
Albuquerque, NM 87181-0400
e-mail: use this form iz
Copyright
2004-2006, All Rights Reserved
American Society of Arms Collectors
Revised 29 June 2006
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