The Goldfields War Museum – Boulder, Western Australia
The discovery of gold in the Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie region, approximately 550km east of Perth in the early 1890’s led...
Nungarin Heritage Machinery & Army Museum, Western Australia
Review and photographs of the Nungarin Heritage Machinery & Army Museum in the Western Australian wheatbelt region.
USS Cobia SS-245. An AirBnB with a difference
The story behind USS Cobia (SS-245) a submarine that sunk 13 ships during WW2 and is now a floating AirBnb
The Aviation Heritage Museum – Bull Creek, Perth, Western Australia
Note: Click on the smaller images to enlarge and read caption information. The North Wing is home to the larger...
An Australian SAS Soldier’s Equipment from the Vietnam War
I took the above photograph back in 2018 when I flew across to Canberra to check out the Australian...
The Merville Battery – Normandy, France
Whilst the American Airborne operations on D-Day were concentrated around the Cotentin Peninsula and commemorated at the Airborne Museum and...
US Paratrooper’s D-Day Experience Museum – Saint-Côme-du-Mont, France
Without a doubt one of the best military museums in the Normandy region. If you're an airborne collector, the D-Day Experience is a must see.
‘Dead Man’s Corner’ German Fallschirmjäger Museum – Normandy
The Dead Man’s Corner Museum at Saint-Côme-du-Mont focuses its attention on the German paratroopers who used the building as their Regimental Command Post and first aid station at the time of D-Day invasion. For those interested in the exploits of the fallschirmjägers this is one of the best museums that you're likely to find.
Siem Reap Cambodia Part 2 – The War Museum of Cambodia
In addition to the excellent Cambodia Landmine Museum, which I covered in part 1 there is another military museum close to...
Siem Reap Cambodia Part 1 – The Cambodian Landmine Museum
Close to the famed Khmer Temples at Angkor Wat are two military museums that focus on the Cambodian Civil War...
The Patpong Museum – Bangkok – Thailand
The Patpong Museum is not strictly a military museum per se, but the history of Bangkok’s Patpong Road is closely...
Help preserve the Musée Somme 1916
ANZAC Day, the 25th of April, is a day where Aussies and Kiwis remember the sacrifices made during times of...
Memorial Pegasus – The Pegasus Bridge Museum, Normandy
On the night of 5 June 1944, six Airspeed AS 51 Horsa gliders carrying 181 men from the 2nd Oxfordshire...
Dropping into the Cu Chi Tunnels
In January 1966, the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), which had been attached to the US 173rd Airborne Brigade...
The Czech Police Museum (Muzeum Policie ČR) – Prague
The Czech Police Museum (Muzeum Policie ČR) is housed in the grounds of a former Augustinian monastery that was founded...
The Army Museum of Western Australia Part 2
Last week, in Part 1 of my review of the Army Museum of Western Australia, I showed some of the...
