U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center

The U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center (Formerly known as the U.S. Army Ordnance Museum) is a museum that is in the process of being re-located to Fort Lee, outside Petersburg, Virginia.^[1] Its previous incarnation was the United States Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland which closed in September 2010.^[2]

History

The mission of the U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center is to acquire, preserve, and exhibit historically significant equipment, armaments and materiel that relate to the history of the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps and to document and present the evolution and development of U.S. military ordnance material dating from the American Colonial Period to the present day.

Established in 1919 and officially opened to the public in 1924, to exhibit captured enemy equipment and materiel, the Museum was located in Building 314 of the Aberdeen Proving Ground and operated by the U.S. Army until 1967. Co-location with APG provided convenient access to the equipment being delivered to APG for testing after World War I. In 1965 local citizens formed the tax-free Ordnance Museum Foundation, Inc. to establish and operate a museum of these military artifacts. The Foundation is not affiliated with the U.S. Army, nor the Department of Defense. The Foundation began operation of the Museum in the early 1970s, upon opening in Building 2601 on the Aberdeen Proving Ground (until its closing in September 2010) and operates the Ordnance Museum until this day.

In 2005, the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) law was passed by Congress. One of BRAC's requirements was the relocation of the U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School headquarters, the Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School, and the Ordnance Museum to Fort Lee by the end 2011.^[1] The transfer of artifacts from Aberdeen to Fort Lee began in August 2009.^[1]

Hours and entry requirements

As of September 2015, the museum is completely closed to all non-military visitors, but the remaining outdoor displays are open to members of the military with ID.

Exhibits

The only remaining exhibits at the Aberdeen Proving Ground are the following:

Exterior exhibits at Fort Lee:

Krupp K5 "Anzio Annie" railway gun
M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle
12-inch gun M1895 on railcar
Pershing 1 Field Artillery Missile System
1939 Armored Recovery Vehicle
T-12 Cloudmaker demolition bomb

References

1 2 3 "Ordnance tanks, artillery arrive at Fort Lee". Fort Lee Public Affairs Office. August 5, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
↑ "US Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground Photos". William Maloney. September 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2011.

External links

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External photographic catalogs / galleries

US APG OM at peachmountain.com
US APG OM German tanks at axishistory.com
Ordnance Collection at Aberdeen Proving Grounds
US Army Ordnance Museum Photos of Tanks, Armored Vehicles, Artillery, and other weapons at the US Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Grounds

United States Army history museums

Organization and history	National Guard Memorial Museum (Washington, DC) National Museum of the United States Army

Branches (official)	U.S. Army Aviation Museum U.S. Cavalry Museum U.S. Army Chaplain Museum Harbor Defense Museum National Infantry Museum U.S. Army Intelligence Museum U.S. Army Medical Department Museum Army Medical Museum and Library (succeeded by the National Museum of Health and Medicine) U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum U.S. Army Transportation Museum U.S. Army Women's Museum

Post and unit museums	1st Infantry Division Museum 82nd Airborne Division Museum Pratt Museum (101st Airborne Division) Fort George G. Meade Museum Fort Huachuca Museum Fort Lewis Military Museum General George Patton Museum (Fort Knox, KY) Watervliet Arsenal Museum West Point Museum

State and private museums (affiliated with the Army Museum System)	Airborne & Special Operations Museum California State Military Museum Iowa Gold Star Military Museum Jackson Barracks Military Museum Kentucky Military History Museum Mississippi Armed Forces Museum National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey Oregon Military Museum Washington National Guard Museum

State and private (not affiliated with the Army Museum System)	African American Military History Museum General George S. Patton Memorial Museum Fort MacArthur Museum

Regional history	U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii

Other	Army Art Program Army Heritage Center Foundation Army Heritage and Education Center U.S. Army Center of Military History Military history of the United States Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 153886062 LCCN: no90005680

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