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Lewis Army Museum (originally Fort Lewis Military Museum) is a military museum at Joint Base Lewis–McChord in the state of Washington, U.S. It is housed in the historic former Red Shield Inn , which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and can be seen prominently from Interstate 5 .
Fort Lewis, named after Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was one of the largest and most modern military reservations in the United States, consisting of 87,000 acres (136 sq mi; 350 km 2) of prairie land cut from the glacier-flattened Nisqually Plain. It is the premier military installation in the northwest and the most ...
This map outside the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park visitor center points visitors to the various historical landmarks within the park, including the reconstructed Fort Clatsop. The federal park began as Fort Clatsop National Memorial which was established on May 29, 1958.
The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center sits on a cliff that overlooks the confluence of the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean. There are exhibits about the 1803–1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition from St. Louis, Missouri to the Pacific coast, the park's later history, including the lighthouses, U.S. Coast Guard and military activities, and ...
The current visitor center, located at 1610 Fort Fisher Blvd., was built to accommodate 25,000 people a year, according to a Nov. 7, 2022, StarNews article. The new visitor center will accommodate ...
The Arsenal, 1921. Tacoma Public Library Boland Collection. The building housing the museum, The Arsenal, was built in 1915–1916. [4] [5] It predates the nearby Lewis Army Museum, just as the National Guard's Camp Murray is a generation older than the adjacent and larger Fort Lewis (now Joint Base Lewis-McChord).
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The visitor center features rotating archaeological exhibits from the national historic site and art exhibits from local native artists. [6] The building also has a theater that shows 2 films from the National Park Service and the United States Forest Service : Oregon Experience: Fort Vancouver (25 mins), and Mount St. Helens - Eruption of Life ...