Good Museums.

The Waiouru Army Museum...
THIS is my favourate exhibit!


Just recently, about 12 sets of medals, including victoria crosses were stolen but have since been recovered!
=D

 

Hi
If you are in Normandy give this a try the Merville Battery
Official Site of the Merville Battery - The Museum of the 9th Parachute Battalion


For a living history museum try EDEN CAMP
Eden Camp

some images taken by my Son at Merville in May/June 2008

Regards
Verrieres

 

Hi
If you are in Normandy give this a try the Merville Battery
Official Site of the Merville Battery - The Museum of the 9th Parachute Battalion


For a living history museum try EDEN CAMP
Eden Camp

some images taken by my Son at Eden Camp in June 2008

 

For anyone travelling through old Easter Europe, here are a few that I have visited and found very good, even though there is often a lack of translation, pictures tell a 1000 stories

RIGA, LATVIA
Latvijas Okupacijas Muzejs - Occupation Museum of Latvia

MINSK, BELARUS
Museum of the Great Patriotic War

WARSAW, POLAND
Warsaw Rising Museum

 

Two that we found quite interesting and diverse were the Navel museum just outside Washington DC, civil war gear to models of the atomic bombs used on Japan to space suits worn on the landing on the moon.

The second was the Difinbunker ,one of Canada's nuclear
shelters from the cold war.It is several stories deep and designed so goverment and top brass had somewhere safe to operate from.It is in the Ottowa valley, not far from Ottowa.

Great to read of others favourite sites

 

For any of you guys in the Philadelphia region the Willow Grove Naval Air Station has an aviation museum with a beautifully restored Messerschmitt Me 262. Had a chat with one of the volunteers there who was a gunner on B-17's in Europe. Very nice little museum.

Paid a visit several years ago when it hosted an airshow. Terrific day out with my American cousins who only lived half an hour away.
Still have my Blue Angels hat that I bought on the day-a great reminder.

The ME 262 (Twin seater) was a war trophy shipped over in 1945 and after evaluation sat outside, exposed to the elements as an exhibit.
It slowly decayed and became in need of a renovation.

The ME 262 Project involved the use of this plane and it was stripped down to every last piece to use as a template for remanufacturing the new parts built to complete several flying Messerschmitts!

The deal was that the Willow grove plane was returned, fully restored for exhibition (not flying).

Like you say, well worth a visit if you ever get over the pond.

Tom

 

Hi,
Recently visited the Durham Light Infantry Museum at present they are promoting the`Listen to the soldier` project which details the availability of the DLI oral history collection in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum and Durham County Council. The museum is at present giving free promotional CD`s with information booklet.The CD contains twelve one minute (each) samples . The local press have run a story on the project and one of the audio samples can be heard here by following the link below.
Archive of wartime stories launched in Durham - ChronicleLive

For those who don`t know what a stottie is its Bread usually round and flat!

Scan of the booklet and Disc from the DLI museum
Regards
Verrieres

 

They have some pretty good ones in Calgary as well, I remember going to one as a kid during a field trip, they recontructed a bunkers and stuff inside the museum for tours so it was a pretty fun experince, the name escapes me though.

Their is also this Navy museum in the city as well that has a pretty cool WW exhibht, their was actually a "time capsule" left by a sailor who was lost at sea, he said if something of the sort happens that who ever finds it should open it in 2008 IIRC, it's slipped my mind since and I hope to go back to check things out.

Their is also a old airport hanger that they turned into a aviation musem, I've drove past their are few times and seen some WW1/WW2 era stuff their, its a small lot so I wouldn't expect much. We also have a replica CF-105 Arrow somewhere.

Edit: Almost forgot, I believe we have one of the first legions in the west/province as well, although it's located in the shadier part and looks pretty run down, at least from the outside.

 

If you ever get the chance to go to Jutland, Denmark, the Hanstholm museum is well worth a visit; Museumsbunkeren - Danmarks største bunkermuseum. This huge restored bunker and museum has a nice display of weapons, uniforms and documents which describes the life inside this bunker.

"The bunker museum covers about 3000 sq m.It is one of the largest bunkers, which the Germans built in Denmark. In the middle of the bunker stood one of the four 38 cm guns that comprised the German coastal battery known as ?Hanstholm II?.

The battery had a maximum range of 55 km. Together with a corresponding battery on the Norwegian side of Skagerrak, the battery was intended to cut off the approx. 120-km-wide channel between Denmark and Norway."

Following the surrounding areas of this bunker is also very interesting. You can take the train and follow the trail which the ammunition train used to go providing ammo for the other bunkers in the area. If you walk about 1 km. north of the museum you will find a bunker exactly as big as the restored one at the museum. Remember the flashlight if you go down there otherwise you will quickly get lost! There is still some original interior in this place which makes it worth the visit.

A few photos from the museum and the bunker that has not been restored:

 

Thankyou for mentioning the Wardrobe Owen.
I'd like to put in the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Museum at East Kirkby. Beautiful museum, always there when we visit family in the summer
Lancaster Bomber Museum Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre

 

Afternoon all,

A friend recently returned from holiday in the Czech Republic with some interesting shots from a ratrher catholic collection at this location:
Zruc Air Park - Zruc - Czech Republic

A selection of shots should be attached.

Enjoy!

CS

 

Afternoon all,

A friend recently returned from holiday in the Czech Republic with some interesting shots from a ratrher catholic collection at this location:
Zruc Air Park - Zruc - Czech Republic

A selection of shots should be attached.

Enjoy!

CS

Excellent shots CS. Tell me is that a Canadian F-104 in the left photo? Very strange collection indeed.

 

Cheers for that CS. Looks interesting. Kinda reminds me of a WW2 scrapyard though.

 

Cheers for that CS. Looks interesting. Kinda reminds me of a WW2 scrapyard though.
Yup, that's very much the impression I have: a load of stuff quietly rotting away in a field in the middle of nowhere.

 

Excellent shots CS. Tell me is that a Canadian F-104 in the left photo? Very strange collection indeed.
I know absolutely FA about aircraft GH but I'm pretty sure the 'Spitfire' is some sort of mock-up!

H

 

I like the German lids balaced on the OT810 . (I like the fact that despite it's paintwork it's labelled as an OT810 too! Too much masquerading in that area, what'a wrong with 'just' being an OT810!!)

Those SUs look in good order, Runners?
And do we think the T34 is an instructional cutaway? Looks like someones painted the springs and fuel tank for a reason?

The SU 85s look good but check out the shots of the rear, I think they are probably minus engines: no exhausts present and the bolts securing the rear armour plate appear to have been removed. The T34 does look like a cutaway doesn't it? Especially with the internals in pretty colours.

H

 

I'm at a bit of a loose end tomorrow and am thinking about taking a trip to the the National Army Museum in London, anyone been and got any info on what it's like?

I've been to the RAF Museum Hendon and the Imperial War Museum fairly recently so has anyone got any other recommendations for good WWII museums in London and fairly accesible but public transport as I don't drive?

 

I'm at a bit of a loose end tomorrow and am thinking about taking a trip to the the National Army Museum in London, anyone been and got any info on what it's like?

I've been to the RAF Museum Hendon and the Imperial War Museum fairly recently so has anyone got any other recommendations for good WWII museums in London and fairly accesible but public transport as I don't drive?

Tower of London and HMS Belfast are two which I've enjoyed going to on numerous occassions.

Have a good day.