War and conflict museums War and conflict museums The Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of all its armed forces and supporting organizations who have died in the wars of the modern state of Australia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australian War Memorial"
The Canadian War Museum, located in Ottawa, Ontario, is a Canadian museum that honours Canada's veterans and commemorates the wars and conflicts in which Canada has taken part. The museum is part of the Museum of Civilization Corporation, which also runs the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Canadian Children's museum and the Canadian Postal Museum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canadian War Museum"
The Churchill Museum and the Cabinet War Rooms share premises in Horse Guards Road opposite St. James's Park in central London which are part of the basement of what is now HM Treasury. The War Rooms were constructed in 1938 and were heavily used by Winston Churchill during World War II. However, the Cabinet War Rooms were vulnerable to a direct hit and were abandoned not long after the war. They were opened to the public in 1984 and are now maintained by the Imperial War Museum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms"
Eden Camp Museum is a large WWII-related museum near Malton in North Yorkshire in England. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eden Camp Museum"
Fort Siloso is the sole restored coastal gun battery from the twelve such batteries which made up "Fortress Singapore" at the start of World War Two. Siloso is a Philippine word meaning jealous person. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fort Siloso"
The original location of the Imperial War Museum was the Crystal Palace, located atop Sydenham Hill. The Museum was founded there in 1917 to commemorate those who had died in World War I. When that building burned down November 30, 1936, a new location had to be found, and a building in Lambeth was settled on. That building, designed by Sydney Smirke, had originally been a psychiatric hospital, Bethlem Royal Hospital, located in St. George's Fields. It faces onto Lambeth Road. ...more on Wikipedia about "Imperial War Museum"
The Juno Beach Centre or, in French, Centre Juno Beach, is a museum located in Courseulles-sur-Mer in the Calvados region of Normandy, France. It is situated immediately behind the beach codenamed Juno, the section of the Allied bridgehead on which 14,000 Canadian troops landed on D-Day 6th June, 1944 . ...more on Wikipedia about "Juno Beach Centre"
The Museum of Lancashire is housed in an old courthouse in Preston, Lancashire. It is mostly a historical museum dedicated to describing life in Preston during World War II. It also displays information about the role of woman during the war and that of life in the World War I trenches. Interactive exhibits include a Victorian classroom. ...more on Wikipedia about "Museum of Lancashire"
The National Civil War Museum, located at 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is a permanent, nonprofit educational institution created to promote the preservation of material culture and sources of information that are directly relevant to the American Civil War of 1861– 1865, and the aftermath period of the war as related to Civil War Veterans' service organizations, including the Grand Army of the Republic, United Confederate Veterans and the Daughters of the Confederacy to 1920. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Civil War Museum"
The National War Museum of Scotland is housed in Edinburgh, Scotland, and forms part of the National Museums of Scotland. It is located within Edinburgh Castle, and admission is included in the entry charge for the castle. ...more on Wikipedia about "National War Museum of Scotland"
The Nikkei Memorial Internment Centre is a museum and interpretive centre in New Denver, British Columbia, Canada, dedicated to the history of the Japanese Canadians that were relocated to internment camps during World War II by the Canadian government (see Japanese Canadian internment). ...more on Wikipedia about "Nikkei Memorial Internment Centre"
Located in Kabul, Afghanistan, the OMAR Mine Museum contains a collection of 51 types of land mines out of the 53 used in Afghanistan over the years. The collection includes unexploded ordnance, cluster bombs and airdrop bombs used by the U.S. invasion in 2002. ...more on Wikipedia about "OMAR Mine Museum"
The National War and Resistance Museum of the Netherlands is located at Overloon, mun. Boxmeer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Overloon War Museum"
The Norwegian POW Museum is a Norwegian museum in Ostrzeszów (German name Schildberg), Poland. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Norwegian POW Museum"
The Warsaw Uprising Museum opened on July 31, 2004 is located in Warsaw, Poland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Warsaw Rising Museum"
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