Museums with Axis equipment

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Museums with Axis equipment

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Post by Marcus » 12 Sep 2004, 19:14

Hello all,

I have a section on the site that lists museums that include Axis equipment in their collections and I'd like your help with expanding that section.

Any other museums that should be included?
Additional information on the museums listed?
Corrections to the information listed?
Photos from the museums that I can add to the site?
etc

You can find the list at http://www.axishistory.com/index.php/ot ... -equipment

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Post by henryk » 01 Oct 2004, 23:14

VYTAUTO DIDZIOJO KARO MUZIEJUS
(Military Museum of Vytautas the Great)
K. Donelaiceio gative 64, LT-44248, Kaunas, Lithuania
Tel.: (8-37) 320765, (8-37) 320939, (8-37) 320874; Fax (8-37) 320765.
Open daily :11:00-18:00 except closed Monday, Tuesday
http://muziejai.mch.mii.lt/kaunas/karo_muziejus.htm (In Lithuanian only)
I n addition to military history, the museum presents archaeological history and the pre-Lithuania ethnology of the area. Besides to Lithuanians, the Museum is of particular interest to those of Polish origin as it covers the 600 years of the Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania, including Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow, and the Uprisings of !831 and 1863. One exhibit covers the Battle of Zalgiris (Polish - Grunwald, German - Tannenberg) against the Teutonic Knights. The Museum contains the remnants of the airplane called "Lithuanica". Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas, two citizens of the USA but of Lithuanian origin, started their transatlantic flight New York-Kaunas on July 15, 1933 in this airplane. They crossed the ocean and were thus performing the second longest flight of early aeronautics. The plane crashed only 650 km from Kaunas. Exhibits also cover the War of Independence, after World War I, the Soviet Takeover and participation in the German Army during World War II.


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Post by Marcus » 02 Oct 2004, 18:23

What kind of WW2 exhibits do they have?

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Post by henryk » 02 Oct 2004, 20:22

The lack of English text made it difficult to understand the exhibits. On WWII the Military Museum of Vytautas the Great had many photos, some uniforms, artifacts such as small arms, and an outside exhibit of hardware, which I do not recall.

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Post by henryk » 02 Oct 2004, 20:24

Suomen tykistomuseo
Finland Museum of Artillery
Linnankasarmi
13100 Hameenlinna
Tel +358 (0)3 682 4600 fax +358 (0)3-682 4601
http://www.tykistomuseo.fi/ (In Finnish and Swedish)
E-mail [email protected]
Open: 30 Jan - 30 Apr, Mon. - Sun. 12 - 17; 2 May - 30 Sept, daily 10 - 18;
1 Oct - 21 Dec, Sat. - Sun. 12 - 17 and by appointment.
(Combined ticket available for Historical Museum, Prison Museum, Hame Castle and Artillery Museum)
Large museum with extensive display of artillery and related equipment, indoors and outdoors, and exhibits on their use throughout Finnish history. There was extensive coverage of the Winter War and the Continuation War.

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Post by henryk » 05 Oct 2004, 20:47

Latvijas Kara muzejs
(Latvian War Museum)
Smilsu iela 20
Riga, LV - 1868
http://www.karamuzejs.lv/en/index.php (English)
closed- Monday, Tuesday
10:00 - 17:00 (October –– April); 10:00 –– 18:00 (May –– September)
A large museum covering Latvian military history from the Middle Ages to the present day. WWII exhibit includes participation in the German Army. No large hardware such as vehicles. No outdoor display. English handout, some English text and books with the exhibits with English/German/Russian descriptions of exhibits.

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Post by Kaiserzeit » 08 Nov 2004, 21:38

Here's a good museum in Berlin:

http://www.alliiertenmuseum.de/

WW2 & Cold War static displays. (also present home of Checkpoint Charlie)

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Post by Xavier » 09 Nov 2004, 23:14

master list of us army museums:

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/Museums/links.htm

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Post by PJF » 12 Nov 2004, 18:27

Sorry if this has already been mentioned but the German-Russian Museum in Karlhorst, Berlin is excellent in my estimation. While the static display outside is russian equipment the exhibition inside has a LOT of items of smaller german (and russian) equipment.

In addition to the permanent exhibition there is also a rotating exhibit as well. The two I've seen were both interesting and informative.

I'd highly recommend Karlhorst to anyone heading to Berlin.

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Post by Germania » 07 Dec 2004, 22:33

PJF wrote:Sorry if this has already been mentioned but the German-Russian Museum in Karlhorst, Berlin is excellent in my estimation. While the static display outside is russian equipment the exhibition inside has a LOT of items of smaller german (and russian) equipment.

In addition to the permanent exhibition there is also a rotating exhibit as well. The two I've seen were both interesting and informative.

I'd highly recommend Karlhorst to anyone heading to Berlin.
I disagree with you it is an typical russian museum only show one side good and one side bad a typical black and white story.

Militärkunde Museum in Dresden is a good one.

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Post by Dan W. » 06 Feb 2005, 10:06

I'd definitely reccomend the Ordnance museum outside the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area (not only for their collection of armor but, more importantly, a vast collection of firearms indoors) and it may be difficult to visit if there are heightned security concerns cause it is on an Army base and they sometimes make entering restrictive, make sure you plan in advance and get a pass.

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Post by Imad » 11 Apr 2005, 22:53

Hello
Anyone get a chance to visit the island of Malta should not pass up the chance to see the war museum in Valletta. It's definitely worth the visit if you are a WW2 buff. You will see the three R.A.F biplanes "Faith", "Hope", and "Charity", a shot down Messerschmitt, various anti aircraft guns, and so on. Also if you visit the famous church in Mosta (which reputedly has the third largest dome in Europe) you will also see the German bomb that entered the church through the roof while people were saying their services and "miraculously" failed to explode.
Imad

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Post by mottimatti » 26 Apr 2005, 15:52

This one - I think - is quite unique:

Raatteenportti - The Gate of Raate.
Over 20 km museums, statues, field cemetaries, battle stations etc.

Theatre of battles on Road of Raate 1939-40.

Main page:
http://www.raatteenportti.fi/

Map Page ( in English ):
http://www.raatteenportti.fi/mapeng.html


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Post by Bair » 04 May 2005, 19:41

Artillery museum in St Petersburg recently got their webpage running.

http://www.artillery-museum.spb.ru/

so far only in Russian, but the Museum itself has a huge collection of weapons from middle ages to modern times.

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Post by Aufklarung » 10 May 2005, 21:15

Some pics of the brand new Canadian War Museum in Ottawa this weekend past. I was lucky to get a all access pass and used it well before the public opening. Finally there is room to display all their wares.

They haven't updated their website yet so here are some pics of kit you may not see unless you go yourself.

regards
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