Thanks to the incredible work of our president, Paul Middleton, we now bring you the totally revised MAFVA Guide to Military Museums Worldwide.
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Military Museums with a Tank interest – World Wide
World-wide Guide:
https://www.tripplo.com/uk/the-worlds-best-world-war-ii-museums-and-historical-sites
European Guides
War Museums In Europe http://www.warmuseums.nl/
Tourist Guide http://www.euro-t-guide.com/See_Type/Military_1.htm
European military history museums: a personal survey http://www.artefactsconsortium.org/Publications/PDFfiles/Vol5Mil/5.11.Military-Hacker,Vining,MuseumsFFFWEBF.pdf
BunkerMuzeum http://www.bunkermuzeum.hu/Bunkermuzeum/tarsmuzeumok/muzeumok_en.htm Aviation Museums http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/
Britain’s Finest https://www.britainsfinest.co.uk/
Argentina
National Army Museum, San Rafael
https://www.inspirock.com/argentina/san-rafael/military-history-museum-a7120947085
Australia
https://www.army.gov.au/our-heritage/museums
Army Museum Bandiana, Victoria https://armymuseumbandiana.com/
Army Museum of South Australia, Keswick, S.A. https://amosa.org.au/
Australian Armour & Artillery Museum https://www.ausarmour.com/
Australian War Memorial, Canberra https://www.awm.gov.au/
Holsworthy Military Museum, http://www.bvn.com.au/projects/museum-of-military-engineering/
Merriden Military Museum, W.A. https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g495068-d9601997-Reviews-Merredin_Military_Museum-Merredin_Western_Australia.html#/media-atf/9601997/?albumid=101&type=0&category=101
National Military Vehicle Museum, Edinburgh, S.A. https://www.military-vehicle-museum.org.au/
RAAC Tank Museum Australia http://www.australianarmytankmuseum.com.au/
Vietnam Vets Museum https://www.vietnamvetsmuseum.org/
Austria
Army Museum https://www.hgm.at/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thBBw5QYbus
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Military Museum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Military_Museum
Belgium
Bastogne Battle of the Bulge http://www.bastognewarmuseum.be/en/home-en/
Bastogne Barracks Museum http://www.battleofthebulgememories.be/museums12/belgium11/825-bastogne-barracks-museum.html
Belgian Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels.
http://www.klm-mra.be/D7t/
Tank Museum Belgium https://www.belgian-tankmuseum.be/index.php/nl/
Canada
Canadian War Museum https://www.warmuseum.ca/
Base Borden Military Museum, Ontario https://www.cafconnection.ca/Borden/Facilities/Museum.aspx
China
Beijing Tank Museum http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/museums/139453.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WKMJbMiGvM
https://www.123rf.com/photo_112206670_tanks-in-the-military-museum-of-the-chinese-people-s-revolution-in-beijing-china.html
Military Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolution, Beijing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Museum_of_the_Chinese_People%27s_Revolution
https://www.visionsoftravel.org/military-museum-chinese-people-revolution-beijing/
Czech Republic
Lesany Museum http://www.vhu.cz/muzea/zakladni-informace-o-vtm-lesany/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzRNj8evkEk
Denmark
Panzer & Artillerie Museum, Industrivej 18, D-6840 Oksbøl, Denmark. https://vardemuseerne.dk/en/exhibition/armoured-vehicles/
Panzer Museum East https://www.panzermuseumeast.dk/
https://imgur.com/gallery/kNgsFAS
Egypt
El Alamein World War Two Military Museum https://www.mod.gov.eg/ModWebSite/MuseumDetails.aspx?id=3
Military Museum – Cairo https://www.mod.gov.eg/ModWebSite/MuseumDetails.aspx?id=1
Port Said Military Museum https://www.mod.gov.eg/ModWebSite/MuseumDetails.aspx?id=4
Eire
The Currah
https://www.military.ie/en/public-information/defence-forces-museums/the-curragh-museum/
Finland
Armour Museum https://www.panssarimuseo.fi/en/
France
Airborne Museum, St Mere Eglise https://www.airborne-museum.org/en/
Batterie Merville http://www.batterie-merville.com/
Batterie Todt https://www.batterietodt.com/
Bayeux, Bessin & D-Day https://bayeux-bessin-tourisme.com/
La Coupole https://www.lacoupole-france.com/
Le Grand Bunker, Ouistreham http://museegrandbunker.com/en/
Les Invalides, Paris, FT-17 https://www.musee-armee.fr/accueil.html
https://youtu.be/cF9AwMOJOLc
Maisy Battery http://www.maisybattery.com/
Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy, Bayeux https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/memorial-museum-battle-of-normandy/
MM Museum, Hagenau https://youtu.be/DplxCZeFMBQ
Musee Arromanches https://www.musee-arromanches.fr/accueil/index.php
Musee Des Blindes Saumur https://www.museedesblindes.fr/en/
https://youtu.be/GoGjAWo-HIM
https://youtu.be/_JiORX4hpx4
Musee Memorial Omaha Beach http://www.musee-memorial-omaha.com/en/
Pegasus Memorial https://musee.memorial-pegasus.com/fr/
Overlord Museum, Omaha Beach, Colleville, Normandy. http://www.overlordmuseum.com/en/
Germany
Auto Und Technik Germany https://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/
https://youtu.be/j7ZuDeIKUn8
Militar Museum Stammheim http://www.museum-stammheim.de/
Museum für historische Wehrtechnik http://www.wehrtechnikmuseum.de/
Panzer Museum Munster https://daspanzermuseum.de/
https://youtu.be/CdL9uuvDRls
Hungary
Kecel Military Park http://pintermuvek.hu/hadtechnikai-park/
Cold War Park, Budapest http://www.coldwarparkbudapest.hu/
India
Cavalry Tank Museum – Ahmednagar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalry_Tank_Museum,_Ahmednagar
https://youtu.be/_5So8azFL6Q
https://www.ahmednagarlive.in/city-guide/tank-museum-ahmednagar
Israel
Armoured Corps Museum Israel https://yadlashiryon.com/yad-lashiryon/%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%96%d7%99%d7%90%d7%95%d7%9f-%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%a7%d7%9d/about-the-collection/
Italy
Infantry Historical Museum – Rome
https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/93403/Infantry-Historical-Museum.htm
Museum of Military Motorisation – Rome
http://www.esercito.difesa.it/storia/musei/Museo-Storico-della-Motorizzazione-Militare/Pagine/default.aspx
http://www.warmuseums.nl/gal/064gal.htm
http://preservedtanks.com/Locations.aspx?LocationCategoryId=5600
De Henriques Collection – Trieste
https://www.museodiegodehenriquez.it/visite/
Japan
Tsuchira
https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/19317/Tsuchira-Tank-Museum.htm
Yusyukan, Tokyo.
https://www.yasukuni.or.jp/yusyukan/
Jordan
Royal Tank Museum, Amman
https://rtm.jo/
Korea (North)
https://world-adventurer.com/dandong-the-path-to-north-korea/korean-war-museum-tanks-plane/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7icKQfp3To
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC4DFpyj0JA
https://www.nknews.org/2014/10/the-kpa-museum-north-koreas-best/
Korea (South)
War Memorial of Korea https://www.warmemo.or.kr/front/exhibition/exhibit.do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J87GizY08dw
https://twocrabs.blogs.com/2crabs/2013/09/chuseok-day-2-korean-war-museum.html
Lebanon
Hezbollah Tank Collection, Baalbek
Malaysia
Muzium Tentera Darat, Port Dickson
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2020/02/17/port-dickson-army-museum-honours-military-heritage-of-malaysia/
https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Attraction_Review-g303991-d2355529-Reviews-Muzium_Tentera_Darat-Port_Dickson_Negeri_Sembilan.html
Malta
Malta http://www.bunkermuzeum.hu/Bunkermuzeum/tarsmuzeumok/malta2_en.htm
Muscat,
Sultan’s Armed Forces Museum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan%27s_Armed_Forces_Museum
Moldova, Transinistra War Museum, Chisnau: https://visit.chisinau.md/en/obiective_turistice/muzeul-de-istorie-militara/
New Zealand
New Zealand National Army Museum https://www.armymuseum.co.nz/
Tauwhare Military Museum http://www.tauwharemilitarymuseum.co.nz/
Netherlands
Arnhem War Museum (Hartenstein) – https://www.arnhemsoorlogsmuseum.com/
Dutch resistance museum https://www.verzetsmuseum.org/en/expositions-and-activities Eindhoven “Wings of Liberation” https://www.bevrijdendevleugels.nl/
National Military Museum – Soest https://www.nmm.nl/nl/
Oorlogs Museum – Overloon https://www.oorlogsmuseum.nl/
https://youtu.be/mmJgCpElGM0
Hartenstein Hotel https://www.airbornemuseum.nl/en/home
Norway
Armed Forces Museum, Oslo http://forsvaretsmuseer.no/Forsvarsmuseet
Arquebus Museum https://www.museumsnett.no/arquebus-krigshistorisk-museum/
Pakistan
Pakistan Army Museum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Army_Museum
https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/93487/Pakistan-Army-Museum.htm
Army Museum, Lahore
http://humansofpakistan.org/army-museum-lahore-place-nations-history-resides/
Greece
Athens War Museum – https://www.warmuseum.gr/
Peru
Museum of Peruvian Army Tanks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Felipe_Fortress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEfpRjD43uI
Italy
Infantry Historical Museum, Rome http://www.esercito.difesa.it/storia/musei/Museo-Storico-della-Fanteria/Pagine/default.aspx
Museo Storico della Motorizzazione Militaire, Cecchignola, Rome, Lazio
http://preservedtanks.com/Locations.aspx?LocationCategoryId=5600
Museo Henriquez della Guerra del la Pace
https://www.museodiegodehenriquez.it/il-museo/
https://www.intrieste.com/2020/11/26/the-death-of-diego-de-henriquez-the-eccentric-trieste-collector-and-the-unsolved-mystery-of-his-vanished-diaries/
Poland
Armoured vehicle Museum, Poznan. https://muzeumbronipancernej.pl/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPQTGV4C9ZQ
Museum of the Second World war, Gdansk https://muzeum1939.pl/
https://www.facebook.com/GdanskInYourPocket/videos/museum-of-the-second-world-war-gda%C5%84sk/3620186234681609/
Polish Army Museum, Warsaw http://www.muzeumwp.pl/o-muzeum.php
White Eagle Museum https://muzeum.skarzysko.pl/
https://youtu.be/Pb–r4NdsX0
Portugal
Museum of Combatants, Forte de Bom Sucesso, Lisbon http://www.ligacombatentes.org.pt/
Romania
National Military Museum, Bucharest http://www.muzej.mod.gov.rs/en/
https://www.muzeulmilitar.ro/en/
Russia
Russian Tank Museum Kubinka http://tankmuseum.ru/
https://youtu.be/_CqIMnuloEw
Victory Museum, Moscow
https://youtu.be/3hf0hD_rwL4
https://victorymuseum.ru/excursions/sbornye-ekskursii/motory-voyny-neizvestnye-redkie-i-znamenitye/
Serbia
Military Museum, Belgrade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Museum,_Belgrade
Singapore
https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal/army/about-the-army/army-museum
https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x31da0f7dd7c6214f%3A0x9efb71279bcf7fcd!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPwsA1Y-v0t0b4fUfgA-N3LaWbon84iNtJclyxQ%3Dw234-h157-n-k-no!5stank%20museum%20singapore%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipPwsA1Y-v0t0b4fUfgA-N3LaWbon84iNtJclyxQ&hl=en
Spain
Armed Forces Museum, Madrid
https://ejercito.defensa.gob.es/unidades/Madrid/ihycm/mapa-centros/valencia-imagenes-museo.html
El Goloso Tank Museum https://ejercito.defensa.gob.es/en/unidades/Madrid/muma/Localizacion/index.html
Military Historical Museum of Cartagena https://ejercito.defensa.gob.es/unidades/Madrid/ihycm/Museos/cartagena.html
Sri Lanka
Army Museum Orr’s Hill
https://www.google.com/search?q=tank+museum+sri+lanka&bih=1041&biw=2133&rlz=1C1MSIM_enGB577GB577&hl=en-GB&tbm=lcl&sxsrf=ALeKk0294Jbhmr1VaKSw0Tos5z-czF6Kkg%3A1626711459596&ei=o6X1YN77I4-pgAbnkLywDQ&oq=tank+museum+sri+lanka&gs_l=psy-ab.3…8975.11374.0.11837.9.9.0.0.0.0.196.821.8j1.9.0….0…1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.8.625…0j35i39k1j0i273k1j33i160k1j33i10i160k1.0.qr1aiMB2PxQ#rlfi=hd:;si:8383178328086446583,l,ChV0YW5rIG11c2V1bSBzcmkgbGFua2FI-rvL9IqrgIAIWh0QABABGAEiFXRhbmsgbXVzZXVtIHNyaSBsYW5rYZIBBm11c2V1bZoBI0NoWkRTVWhOTUc5blMwVkpRMEZuU1VRd1owOHRTVTEzRUFFqgETEAEqDyILdGFuayBtdXNldW0oAA,y,WxV0Oy8vJqM;mv:[[64.3054831,86.22041949999999],[3.3886556999999997,-7.2504891]]
South Africa
South African Armour Museum, Bloemfontein. http://www.saarmourmuseum.co.za/
South African National Museum Of Military History, Johannesburg. https://ditsong.org.za/museum-of-military-history/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp04H1ddNHk
Sweden
Aeroseum – Gothenburg https://aeroseum.se/
Arsenalen https://arsenalen.se/en/
https://youtu.be/aJJzxDcTuhA
https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/ol3wua/visit_to_arsenalen_in_sweden_part_1_feel_free_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Switzerland
Militar und Festungsmuseum, Full-Reuenthal, https://www.festungsmuseum.ch/bilder-archiv/2020-2/
Panzer Museum, Thun https://www.stiftung-ham.ch/
Taiwan (R.O.C.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_Armed_Forces_Museum
August 23rd Artillery Battle Museum
https://kinmen.travel/en/travel/attraction/33
Tunisia
Tunisia http://www.bunkermuzeum.hu/Bunkermuzeum/tarsmuzeumok/tunisia2_en.htm
United Kingdom
Aldershot Military Museum https://www.hampshireculture.org.uk/aldershot-military-museum
Armageddon, https://militarymuseum.uk/
Cobbaton Collection http://www.cobbatoncombat.co.uk/
Cosford RAF https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/
D-Day Museum, Portsmouth https://theddaystory.com/
History on Wheels, Windsor http://www.historyonwheels.co.uk/
IWM Collections https://www.iwm.org.uk/
IWM Duxford https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford
Muckleburgh Collection Norfolk https://www.muckleburgh.co.uk/
National Army Museum, Chelsea, London https://www.nam.ac.uk/
Norfolk Tank Museum http://norfolktankmuseum.co.uk/
REME Museum https://www.rememuseum.org.uk/
Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham, Kent https://www.re-museum.co.uk/
Royal Signals Museum https://www.royalsignalsmuseum.co.uk/
Shrivenham Defence Academy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2PjBuKLjpQ
https://youtu.be/HUIbppSaW0Q
The Tank Museum, Bovington https://tankmuseum.org/
https://youtu.be/t3nVqYQge2s
https://youtu.be/l9FsG9MS3Do
The Wheatcroft Collection
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Interest/The-Wheatcroft-Collection-2348619585363508/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eqJnbdmsCs
Firing Line – Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier https://cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk/
The Regimental Museum of the Royal Welsh (Brecon) https://www.royalwelsh.org.uk/
The Castle and Regimental Museum – at Monmouth, UK http://www.monmouthcastlemuseum.org.uk/
Military Vehicle Preservation Society
Based in the USA. Associates worldwide.
https://www.mvpa.org/
United States
American Armoured Foundation www.aaftankmuseum.com (Closed)
https://youtu.be/ogtW3kT9N3Y
American Heritage Museum, https://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/
Americans in Wartime Museum, Bristow, Va. https://www.americansinwartime.org/
Kruse WWII Victory Museum, Auburn Indiana http://www.internetmodeler.com/2003/august/special/kruse_ve_museum.htm
First Division Museum https://www.fdmuseum.org/
Indiana Military Museum, Vincennes, IND. http://indianamilitarymuseum.net/visit/
https://youtu.be/MPtd6FuX01Y
Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles, Nebraska https://www.heartlandmuseum.com/
Marine Corps Mechanised Museum, Camp Pendleton, CA – https://www.themech.org/
Missouri, John B. Mahaffey complex, Fort Leonard Wood, Mi. https://www.theclio.com/entry/97526
New York Museum of American Armor – https://www.museumofamericanarmor.com/
California The American Military Museum – http://tankland.com/
https://www.onesixthwarriors.com/threads/worlds-largest-private-tank-museum-tour-pics.150252/ Wyoming – National Museum of Military Vehicles https://www.nmmv.org/index.php
P.O. Box 1970 (mail). 6419 US 26 (location). Dubois, WY 82513. United States
Phone: 307-455-3802 Email: info@nmmv.org. 140,000 Sq. feet of museum space (so far).. 475 Vehicles in our growing collection.
https://youtu.be/bkAvWuwKb50
Ordnance Museum Maryland USA http://www.ordmusfound.org/
Patton Museum https://generalpatton.org/exhibits/
Note: The US Army’s Armor and Cavalry Museum (with most of its collection of tanks and vehicles) has been moved from Ft. Knox to Ft. Benning, Georgia, leaving behind the General George Patton Museum and the rump of the collection. The Armor and Cavalry Museum’s reopening in a new facility is slated for “sometime this decade,” so don’t hold your breath.
Ropkey Indiana CLOSED
Military Vehicle Technology Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Vehicle_Technology_Foundation CLOSED
Georgia, Fort Benning National Armour & Cavalry Museum https://history.army.mil/museums/TRADOC/fortBenning_natArmor/index.html
Tank Farm Private Museum https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2396934/See-astonishing-private-collection-100-military-TANKS-breathtaking-9-11-artifacts–including-burned-truck-firemen-perished–Americans-visit-year-museum-built.html
Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin, Texas http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/
National United States Armed Forces Museum, Houston, Texas http://www.nusafm.org/Default.aspx
Texas Texas Military Forces Museum http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/
Minnesota https://www.incredible-adventures.com/tank-adventures.html Texas https://www.thc.texas.gov/preserve/projects-and-programs/military-history/military-museums
Veterans’ Memorial Museum Alabama https://www.memorialmuseum.org/
Virginia Museum of Military vehicles, http://www.vmmv.org/
National Museum of the United States Army, Fort Belvoir, VA https://www.thenmusa.org/
https://youtu.be/o2wwfR17DSc
Washington Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum https://flyingheritage.org/
https://youtu.be/v440ALW4O8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPgpdG2Shyc
National Museum of the Marince Corps, Quantico, Virginia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_Marine_Corps