Guide To U S Army Museums

CMH Pub. 70-51. An update and expansion of the 1992 edition. Prepared especially for Army personnel and their families and for historians. Provides a guide to exhibits and artifacts in the Army museum system. Also includes information about National Guard museums and historical holdings

The Guide to U.S. Army Museums, originally published as a directory in 1968 and 1975 but then as a narrative in 1992, underscores both the institutional history and the scope of the U.S. Army Historical Property Collection. Changes in Army force structure and the closure of selected military installations affected several Army museums, making an updated version necessary. In this well-designed, well-written, and well-organized revised and expanded edition, R. Cody Phillips highlights not only the collections of rare artifacts carefully preserved in more than a hundred Army museums around the country and overseas, but also the respective museum professional development training and educational programs available to the Army and the general public.

This Guide will lead military personnel, their families, & other students interested in the lessons of military history through the vast richness of exhibits & artifacts in the Army Museum System, both in the U.S. & abroad. Open to the public, these museums help form a bridge linking today's Army with yesterday, & tomorrow for the citizen. The Army's materiel culture comprises hundreds of thousands of artifacts. Lists over 100 museums & includes: hours of operation, address, telephone, website, directions, background, programs & services, museum publications, & a full-color photos. Also includes Army Reserve museums.