The Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art show European and Asian arms and armor, including fine German wheellock and flintlock arms.
Don’t miss
- Field armor of about 1540 (remodeled about 1924)
- Hunting rifles once owned by Austrian emperors Ferdinand III and Charles VI
- Napoleonic-era dueling pistols by Boutet
- Scottish all-steel and silver-stocked pistols
Our notes
The Kienbusch collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is one of the finest groups of arms and armor in the country. For firearms fans, the matchlock, wheellock and flintlock pistols, rifles and muskets are the draw.
Timeline
- 1977 Kienbusch collection bequeathed to the museum
Plan your visit
- The galleries are on the third floor, Gallery 347
- Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays
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