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Hawaii
Fort DeRussy
US Army Museum of
Hawai'i
Fort Battery
PO Box 8064
Fort DeRussy
HI
96830
Phone
808 955-9552
Web Site
http://www.hiarmymuseumsoc.org/
E-mail
mailto:info@hiarmymuseumsoc.org
Description
Exhibits on early Hawaiian warfare, in WWI
through Vietnam
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus
Military
New or Updated: 12/19/2005
Honolulu
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park
11 Arizona Memorial Road
Honolulu HI 96818
Phone 808 423-1341
Web Site www.aloha.net/~bowfin/
Alt Web www.bowfin.org/
Description
Building Type Ship
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Military
Research or Reading Library |
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Hawaii
Schofield Barracks
Tropic Lightning Museum
Carter Hall,
Building 361 SB
Schofield Barracks HI 96857
Phone 808 655-0438
Web Site http://www.kolchak.org/museum.htm
Description history of Schofield Barracks and the 25th Infantry Tropic Lightning Regiments
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Military |
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Iowa
Camp Dodge
Iowa Gold
Star Museum
Address
Camp Dodge IA
Phone
Web Site www.guard.state.ia.us/pages/history/museum/
Description
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Military
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IA
Council Bluffs
Great
Plains Wing Commemorative Air Force
16803
McCandless Road
Council
Bluffs Municipal Airport
Council
Bluffs
IA
Phone
712 322-2435
Web Site
http://www.greatplainswing.org/museum.htm
Description
WW II military artifacts in hangar with several
WWII aircraft & vehicles
Type of
Resource Specialty
Museum
Primary
Focus
Military
Industry
/Profession
Air Force
New or
Updated:
6/26/2007
IA
Fort Madison
Old Fort
Madison
Riverview Park & Hwy 61
MAIL 811 Ave
E, PO Box 240
Fort
Madison IA 52627
Phone
319 372-6318
Alt Phone
319 372-7700
Web Site
http://www.oldfortmadison.com/
Description
full scale reconstruction of early
US military
post
Type of
Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Military
Building
Type
Fort
Kind of Activity
Living History
Era
1808-1813
New or
Updated:
7/26/2007
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Idaho
Gowen Field
Idaho Military Museum
Address
Gowen Field ID
Phone
Web Site www.inghro.state.id.us/museum/
Description
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Military |
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Idaho
Boise
Idaho Military History Museum
4748 Lindbergh
Boise ID
Phone 208 422-4841
Web Site http://inghro.state.id.us/museum
Description
See Idaho's military history and the
development of Gowen Field, home to
Idaho's National Guard. Exhibits include Philippine Insurrection,
Spanish-American War, WWI, WWII, Korea, and Desert Storm. Numerous other
military memorabilia and photos including information and photos on Idaho's
naval history. Includes a Reference Library and tracked military vehicle
display
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Military
Research /Reading Library |
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Illinois
Alton
Armed Forces Museum of Alton
2625 E Broadway
Alton IL 62002
Phone 618 462-5237
Web Site http://firearsn.empowering.com/armedforcesmuseum.htm
Description at Alton Depot, military vehicles, aircraft, memorabilia including a DUKW and others
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Military |
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IL
Elizabeth
Apple
River Fort & Interpretive Center
311 East Myrtle
PO Box
206
Elizabeth
IL
61028
Phone
815 858-2028
Web Site http://www.appleriverfort.org/
E-mail
mailto:info@appleriverfort.org
Alt Web
http://state.il.us/hpa/hs/Apple.htm
Description
fort played a role in the Black Hawk War,
reconstructed in 1990's using
original
methods & tools
Type
of Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Military
Building
Type
Fort
Era
1832
Owner/Operator:
IHPA
New
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12/1/2003 |
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IL
Heyworth
Simpkins
War Museum
605 East Cole
Heyworth
IL
Phone
309 473-3989
Web Site
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Alt Web
http://www.bloomingtonnormal.com/community/directory/attraction.php3?ATTID=41
Description
personal collection of military artifacts from
Civil War to present --
concentration on personal and uniform-related items such as shoulder
parches,
headgear, uniforms, personal weapons
Type of
Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Military
New or
Updated:
9/18/2004
Illinois
Lansing
Lansing Veterans Memorial Museum
53 N Broadway
Lansing Municipal Airport
Lansing IL 60505
Phone 630 892-1572
Web Site http://www.lansingvetsmemorial.org/
Alt Web http://www.lansingmunicipal.com/images/LansingMem.html
Description depicts a helicopter landing and troops deploying, also at airport is 1926 Henry Ford hangar
Type of Resource Historic Place
Primary Focus Military
Building Type
Civic
Collection N-Z Sculpture
New or Updated: 06/26/2003 |
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Illinois
Metropolis
Fort Massac State Park and Historic Site
1308 East Fifth Street
Metropolis IL 62960
Phone 618 524-4712
Web Site http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/Education/INTERPRT/Frtmass.htm
Description reconstructed 1754 French fort, active weekend programming with living history events
Building Type Fort
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Military
Kind of Activity Living History
Era 1750 |
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Illinois
Prairie du Rocher
Les Coureur du Bois de Fort de Chartres
RR 2
Prairie du Rocher IL 62277
Phone 618 284-7230
Web Site http://www.state.il.us/HPA/Sites/FortdeChartres.htm
Description French stone fort of the early 18th century, original powder magazine, portions of walls and sentry boxes restored, museum on site
Building Type Fort
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Military
Era 1700 |
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Illinois
Quincy
All Wars Museum
1707 North 1th Street
Quincy IL 62301
Phone 217 222-8641
Web Site http://www.quincynet.com/analists/npmessag/n5033.htm
Description located on the grounds of
Illinois Veterans' Home, exhibits span Revolution to Desert Storm
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Military |
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IL
Rantoul
Korean War
Veterans National Museum and Library
1007 Pacesetter Drive
Rantoul
IL
61866
Phone
217 893-4111
Web Site
www.theforgottenvictory.org/
Toll Free
888 295-7212
Description
now in temporary quarters, constructing permanent
museum at former Chanute Air Base
Type of
Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Military
Kind of
Activity
Link List
Research
/Reading
Library
Era
Korean War
New or
Updated:
12/20/2005
IL
Rock Island
Rock Island
Arsenal Museum
Building 60
Lock Y Dam
#15
Rock Island IL
61201
Phone
309 794-5338
Web
http://www.ria.army.mil/Base%20Ops/museum.htm
Description
on an island in the Mississippi in military use
since 1816, factory for US
Army
ordnance, 1100 weapons on display
Type of
Resource
Specialty
Primary
Focus
Military
Collection
A-F
Arms
New or
Updated
2/9/2006 |
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IL
Scott Air Force Base
Air Force
Communications Command History Office
203 West Losey Street
Scott Air Force Base
IL
62225
Phone
618 256-2781
Web Site
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E-mail
mailto:AFCA.HO@scott.af.mil
Description
Air Force Communications, no circulating
materials
Type of
Resource
History Related Organization
Primary
Focus
Military
Industry
/Profession
Air Force
Research
/Reading
Archives
New or
Updated:
8/9/2004
Illinois
Springfield
Illinois State Military Museum
Camp Lincoln
1301 N Macarthur Blvd
Springfield IL
Phone 217 782-9365
Web Site BROKEN http://mil-museum-il.il-arng.ngb.army.mil/
Alt Web www.outfitters.com/illinois/history/civil/ilmuseum.html
Description
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Military |
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Illinois
Tuscola
Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library
122 North Central Ave W
Tuscola IL 61953
Phone 217 253-5813
Web Site www.theforgottenvictory.org/
Description
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Military
Research or Reading Library
Era Korean War |
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Illinois
Wheaton
First Division Museum at Cantigny
Cantigny Park
1 South 151 Winfield Road
Wheaton IL 60187
Phone 630 668-5185
Web Site http://www.rrmtf.org/firstdivision/
E-mail mailto:fdmuseum@tribune.com
Description museum and research center at publishers estate commemorates the Big Red One from WW I to the present, also Tribune Archives
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Military
Industry /Profession Infantry
Research /Reading Archives
New or Updated: 07/01/2003 |
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01/12/2008 |
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