Museum Collections

A large part of my life involves travel, visiting military museums, battlefields and general sites of military interest. This page is an ever expanding database of military museums that will continue to grow as time permits. You can also see more of my own reviews and pictures of many of these places in the Battlefields & Museums category of my blog.

 

General Resources

• Joy of Museums – Museum Virtual Tours
• Wikipedia Military Museum List
• Worldwide Aviation Museum Database

Austria

• Austria: The Museum of Military History / Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Vienna)

Australia

• Australia: Directory of Military Museums
• Australia: Army History Unit – Corps & Regional Army Museums Directory
• Australian War Memorial – Canberra ACT
• Australia: NSW. The Army Museum of New South Wales (Sydney)
• Australia: NSW. The Anzac Memorial (Sydney)
• Australia: NT. Darwin Aviation Museum
• Australia: NT. Darwin Military Museum and Defence of Darwin Experience
• Australia: NT. The Marrakai Military Museum (Marrakai)
• Australia: Qld. The Australian Armour & Artillery Musem (Cairns)
• Australia: SA. The Army Museum of South Australia (Adelaide)
• Australia: Tasmania.  The Army Museum of Tasmania (Hobart)
• Australia: WA. Army Museum of Western Australia (Fremantle)
• Australia: WA. Aviation Heritage Museum (Perth – Bullcreek)
• Australia: WA. SASR Historical Foundation (Swanbourne – Perth)
• Australia: WA. Princess Royal Fortress (Albany)
• Australia: WA. National ANZAC Centre (Albany)
• Australia: WA. Recollections of War – The Shapland Collection (Albany)
• Australia: WA. The Birdwood Military Museum (Geraldton)
• Australia: WA. Goldfields War Museum (Kalgoorlie Boulder)
• Australia: WA. Merredin Military Museum (Merredin)
• Australia: Vic. Shrine of Remembrance Galleries (Melbourne)
• Australia: Vic. RAAF Museum (Point Cook)
• Australia: Vic. National Vietnam Veterans Museum (Philip Island)
• Australia: Vic. Fort Queenscliff Museum (Queenscliff)
• Australia: Vic. Museum of HMAS Cerberus (Mornington Peninsular)

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh: Liberation War Museum

Belgium

• Belgium: The Pegasus Museum (1 Para Bn)
• Belgium: The Royal Military Museum (Brussels)
• Belgium: Fort Eben-Emael
• Belgium: Bastogne Barracks (Bastogne)

Brazil

• Brazil: Museu Aeroterrestre da Brigada de Infantaria Paraquedista

Cambodia

• Cambodia: Landmine Museum – Siem Reap
• Cambodia: War Museum Cambodia – Siem Reap

Canada

• The Military Museums of Calgary – Alberta

Croatia

• Croatia: The Croatian War of Independence / Dubrovnik in the Homeland War Museum (Dubrovnik)

Czech Republic

• Czech Republic: The Military History Institute – Prague
• Czech Republic: The Czech Police Museum (Muzeum Policie ČR) – Prague
• Czech Republic: Army Museum Žižkov (Armádní muzeum Žižkov) – Praque
• Czech Republic: The Aviation Museum Kbely – Prague
• Czech Republic: The Military Technical Museum Lešany
• Czech Republic: Museum of Czech Special Forces 8280 – Mladá Boleslav 

France

• France: Musée de l’Armée – Paris
• France: Musée des Parachutistes – Pau
• France: Musée de la Légion étrangère – Aubagne
• France: National Maritime Museum – Paris, Brest, Port-Louis, Rochefort, Toulon 
• France: Musée Memorial Pegasus – Normandy
• France: Musée de la Batterie de Merville – Normandy
• France: The Airborne Museum – Normandy
• France: The D-Day Experience – Normandy
• France: Dead Man’s Corner – Normandy
• France: Musée Somme 1916

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence

Hungary

• Hungary: Air Force Museum (RepTár-Szolnoki Repülőmúzeum), Szolnok

• Hungary: Museum of Military History (Hadtorteneti Muzeum), Budapest

Italy

• Italy: The Museum of Italian Paratroopers, Pisa
• Italy: Venice Naval Historical Museum

Iran

• Iran: The Islamic Revolution & Holy Defense Museum

Laos

• Lao People’s Security Museum (Vientiane)
• Lao Military Museum (Dong)
• UXO Lao Visitors Centre (Luang Prabang)

Namibia

• Namibia: Outapi War Museum
• Namibia: Tsumeb Museum

New Zealand

• The National Army Museum – Waiouru (North Island)
• The Museum of New Zealand – Wellington (North Island)
• The Auckland Museum – Auckland (North Island)
• The Lion & Tusk Museum of the Rhodesian Services Assn. – Mount Maunganui (North Island)
• The Ashburton Aviation Museum – Ashburton (South Island)

Poland

• Poland: Museum of Parachuting & Special Forces – Wisla

Portugal

• Portugal: Lisbon Military Museum /Museu Militar de Lisboa (Lisbon)
• Portugal: Combatants Museum / Museu do Combatente  (Lisbon)
• Portugal: Republican National Guard Museum / Museu da GNR (Lisbon)
• Portugal: Naval Museum / Musea de Marinha (Lisbon)
• Portugal: Bragança Military Musum / Museu Militar de Bragança (Bragança)
• Portugal: Elvas Military Museum / Museu Militar de Elvas
• Portugal: Porto Military Museum / Museu Militar do Porto (Porto)
• Portugal: Aviation Museum – Sintra / Museu do Ar – Sintra (Sintra)

Russia

• Russia: Central Armed Forces Museum (Moscow)
• Russia: State Military Technical Museum – Chernogolovka /Ivanovskoye (Moscow region)

Singapore

• Singapore: The Singapore Army Museum
• Singapore: The Singapore Air Force Museum
• Singapore: The Singapore Navy Museum
• Singapore: Battlebox (Fort Canning)
• Singapore: Former Ford Factory
• Singapore: Changi Chapel & Museum
• Singapore: Fort Siloso – Sentosa

South Africa

• South Africa: The Castle Military Museum (Cape Town)
• South Africa: Ditsong National Museum of Military History (Johannesburg)
• South Africa: The Anglo-Boer War Museum (Bloemfontein)

Spain

• Spain: The Museum of the Army (Museo del Ejército) – Toledo

Thailand

• Thailand: The Patpong Museum – Bangkok
• Thailand: The Royal Thai Army Museum – Bangkok
• Thailand: Royal Thai Air Force Museum – Bangkok
• Thailand: Royal Thai Police Museum – Bangkok
• Thailand: National Memorial – Bangkok (Pathum Thani)
• Thailand: Hellfire Pass Interpretive Centre – Kanchanaburi
• Thailand: JEATH War Museum – Kanchanaburi
• Thailand: Thailand-Burma Railway Centre – Kanchanaburi

The Netherlands

• Netherlands: Nationaal Militair Museum – Soest
• Netherlands: Overloon Oorlogs Museum – Overloon
• Netherlands: Fallschirmjäger Collection – Overloon
• Netherlands: Arnhem Oorlogsmuseum 40-45 – Arnhem
• Netherlands: Airborne Museum Hartenstein – Arnhem
• Netherlands: Out of Ammo Museum – Arnhem
• Netherlands: The Glider Collection Wolfheze – Arnhem

The United Kingdom

• UK: British Army Regimental & Corps Museums Directory (Ogilby Trust)
• UK: British Model Soldier Society National Collection
• UK: Imperial War Museum
• UK: National Army Museum – London
• UK: The Guards Museum – London
• UK: The D-Day Story – Portsmouth
• UK: The Royal Marines Museum – Portsmouth
• UK: The National Museum of the Royal Navy – Portsmouth
• UK: Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum – Yeovilton
• UK: The Royal Navy Submarine Museum – Gosport
• UK: Airborne Assault – Museum of the Parachute Regiment & Airborne Forces – IWM Duxford
• UK: Army Aviation Museum -Middle Wallop
• UK: Royal Anglian Regiment Museum – IWM Duxford
• UK: Royal Air Force Museum – London & Cosford

Turkey

• Harbiye Military Museum / Askerî Müze – Istanbul

USA

• USA: Directory of Army Museums
• USA:  Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum -Fayetteville, NC
• USA: JFK Special Warfare Museum – Fort Bragg, NC
• USA: 82nd Airborne Division Memorial Museum – Fort Bragg, NC
• USA: USMC Museum – Quantico, Virginia
• USA: The CIA Museum – Langley, Virginia
• USA: The International Spy Museum – Washington DC
• USA: The National WWII Museum – New Orleans
• USA: The National Vietnam War Museum – Weatherford, Texas

Vietnam

• Wikipedia List of War Museums & Monuments in Vietnam
• Vietnam: The War Remnants Museum – HCMC
• Vietnam: The Ho Chi Minh Campaign Museum – HCMC
• Vietnam: Củ Chi Tunnels – Củ Chi District HCMC
• Vietnam: Thua Thien Hue History Museum – Hue
• Vietnam: Vĩnh Mốc Tunnels (DMZ) – Dong Ha
• Vietnam: The Vietnam Military History Museum / Army Museum – Hanoi
• Vietnam: The Vietnam People’s Air Force Museum – Hanoi

• Vietnam: Museum of Điện Biên Phủ Victory – Điện Biên Phủ

Note that this list is far from complete and is constantly being updated. If you are aware of a museum that is not listed here please let me so that I can update the links list.