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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 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.
Operating from a neutral country, Switzerland's Armed Forces do not take part in armed conflicts in other countries. However, over the years, the Swiss Armed Forces have been part of several peacekeeping missions around the world. From 1996 to 2001, the Swiss Armed Forces were present in Bosnia and Herzegovina with headquarters in Sarajevo.
K+W (Swiss design workshops) – Thun) Book Die Panzer der Schweizer Armee von 1920 bis 2008 , Urs Heller (2008) [1] Book Fahrzeuge der Schweizer Armee von 1900 bis 2020 , Markus Hofmann, Max Martin and Christoph Zimmerli (2020), ISBN 978-3-033-07130-8, [2] .
The main entrance of the Indiana War Memorial Museum [31] is on the north façade, which opens into a large hall with Tennessee marble floors and Art Deco Egyptian themes. The museum is housed mainly on the lower level of the monument and honors the efforts of Hoosier soldiers in a timeline from the American Revolutionary War to modern ...
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is one of the United States' oldest and largest historical societies.It describes itself as "Indiana's Storyteller". It is housed in the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center at 450 West Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, in The Canal and White River State Park Cultural District, neighboring the Indiana State Museum and the Eiteljorg Museum of ...
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History, Brussels; ... Swiss Transport Museum, Lucerne; Taiwan ... Indianapolis; Iowa. Airpower Museum, ...
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.