Colonial Williamsburg – Museum
500 firearms (Most on display)(70 on display in museum) Created in 1930 Williamsburg, Virginia 1930sfirearm history from matchlock technology to the early years of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s…
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National World War I Museum
100 on display Built in 1926 – reopened in 2006 Kansas City, MO 1926 Liberty Memorial Museum opened2006 expansion completedmore than 75,000 itemssmall arms & artilleryWWI military production…
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arms and Armor
540 firearms (160 on display) Built in 1912 New York, NY Guns on display at the Met mostly decorated firearmsEuropean, Japanese, Islamic and American firearms sixteenth to nineteenth…
Rock Island Arsenal Museum
1,200 firearms on display Opened July 4, 1905 Rock Island, Illinois The Rock Island Arsenal Museum is located on the Rock Island Arsenal, an island in the Mississippi…
Wadsworth Atheneum – Colt’s Firearms Collection
66 guns, 12 on display Created in 1905 Hartford, Connecticut Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Collection1905 Samuel Colt’s wife Elizabeth Colt donated his personal gun collection and memorabiliaColt’s personal…
Nunnemacher Arms Collection
3,500 guns, 150 on display 1901 Built1928 Metschl catalog has an account of the collection in storage Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Public Museum natural and human history museum Firearms…
Gettysburg National Military Park Museum
100+? on display Created in 1895 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania focused on the three-day Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)November 19, 1863 dedication of the Soldiers’ National CemeteryMarch 1864 cemetery…
Smithsonian Museum – National Firearms Collection
7,000 guns (150 on display) 1876 Created Smithsonian, Washington, DC 1876 National Museum of American History established the National Firearms Collection in Washington, DCAmerica’s historic firearms:patent models, military…
Virginia Military Institute
800 guns (400 on display) Created in 1856 Lexington, VA 1856, Superintendent Smith created the VMI Museum2014 marks the 175th anniversary of VMI’s foundingThree museums in a system27,000…
West Point Museum, Small Arms Gallery
1700 guns (300 on display) 1854 Created oldest American firearm museum Small Arms Gallery John T. Pitman ammunition Collection