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The sponsor of the Swiss Military Museum in Full is the Verein Militär- und Festungsmuseum Full-Reuenthal ("Full-Reuenthal Military and Fortress Museum") or VMFM. Until 2011 the association offices were located in the old Reuenthal Fortress, which it has also operated as a museum since 1989. A new museum hall was opened in April 2010.
A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs, and other memorabilia related to the military and war.
The Panzermuseum Thun is a museum in Thun in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. [1] Exhibited in the museum are foreign and Swiss tanks as well as examples of Swiss self-propelled artillery and static artillery. [2] In November 2023 it was announced that the museum would be dissolved over the next one and a half years.
The Flieger Flab Museum (English: Swiss Air Force Museum) is located in the Canton of Zurich in Dübendorf on the grounds of Dübendorf Air Base. In the museum, 40 airplanes and helicopters are displayed, with the collection divided into distinct eras: pioneers and World War I , the 1930s, World War II and the postwar period, the beginning of ...
Pages in category "Military and war museums in Switzerland" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The military history of Switzerland comprises centuries of armed actions, and the role of the Swiss military in conflicts and peacekeeping worldwide. Despite maintaining neutrality since its independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499, [1] Switzerland has been involved in military operations dating back to the hiring of Swiss mercenaries by foreign nations, including the Papal States.
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This was the case in the Swiss peasant war of 1653, and again in the Stecklikrieg uprising of 1802, called after the eponymous Stäckli "club" carried by the insurgents. Substantial collections of historical arms and armour are kept in the Swiss National Museum in Zürich, in the Historical Museum in Bern and in the Morges Castle Military Museum.