Established 1992 Website Official website | Type Military Museum Phone +1 512-782-5659 | |
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Location Camp Mabry
Austin, Texas
United States Address 2200 W 35th St, Austin, TX 78703, USA Hours Closed now Wednesday10AM–4PMThursday10AM–4PMFriday(Cesar Chavez Day)10AM–4PMHours might differSaturday10AM–4PMSunday10AM–4PMMondayClosedTuesday10AM–4PMSuggest an edit Similar Neill–Cochran House, Texas Memorial Museum, Elisabet Ney Museum, General Land Office Building, William Sidney Porter Ho Profiles | ||
Telling stories the texas military forces museum
The Texas Military Forces Museum is a museum about the history of Texas' militia, volunteer forces and National Guard from 1823 to the present and is located in Austin, Texas.
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- Telling stories the texas military forces museum
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- The Museum
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Texas military forces museum 20 tanks
The Museum
The Texas Military Forces Museum is located within Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas and was opened in 1992. To access the museum you have to enter the camp's main gate and show your ID. There is no fee for the museum. The indoor area of the museum has 45,000 square foot and is showing uniforms, weapons, vehicles and other military accessories used from 1825 to the present.
Permanent exhibitions are showing military equipment, personal items, film, music (bugler melodies), photographs, battle dioramas and realistic full-scale environments to tell the story of the Texas Military Forces in the Texas Revolution, Texas Navy, the Texas Republic, the Mexican-American War, the battles along the Indian Frontier, American Civil War, Philippine–American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Peace Keeping Deployments and the War on Terror. Weapons such as Sherman tank, German Wehrmacht Jagdpanzer 38t Hetzer, Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun and Bell Huey helicopters are exhibited.
An outdoor exhibition area has tanks, artillery pieces, helicopters and fighter aircraft on display.
Volunteering is encouraged and a competitive internship program is available for students looking for experience in the Museum field.