Washington National Guard Museum

Washington National Guard Museum
Museum in 2014
The present museum building in Washington state
Established	1989^[1]
Location	Building #2 (The Arsenal) Camp Murray, Washington
Coordinates	47°06′54″N 122°33′53″W / 47.1150°N 122.5647°W / 47.1150; -122.5647Coordinates: 47°06′54″N 122°33′53″W / 47.1150°N 122.5647°W / 47.1150; -122.5647
Type	Military museum
Website	washingtonguard.org/museum/

The Washington National Guard Museum, also known as The Arsenal Museum, is a military museum of the Washington National Guard. It is located at the Washington National Guard headquarters at Camp Murray visible from Interstate 5 near Lakewood, Washington.

The museum is run by Washington National Guard State Historical Society volunteers.

Collection

The collection includes (inside) military artifacts and memorabilia including National Guard weapons, uniforms and diaries dating back to pre-statehood, and outside, static displays including an M47 Patton tank, F-101 Voodoo jet fighter,^[2] and AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter.^[3]^[4]

The Arsenal

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).^[6]

References

↑ R. Cody Phillips (September 1, 1992), A Guide to U.S. Army Museums, Center of Military History, US Army, p. 111
↑ F-101 Voodoo/58-0330, Warbird Registry, retrieved 2013-05-06
↑ Melissa Renahan (April 6, 2010), "What's inside Camp Murray?", The Fort Lewis Ranger (Northwest Military)
1 2 Washington National Guard Museum brochure (PDF)
↑ ""Arsenal" at Camp Murray", Image archives—Boland collection (Tacoma Public Library), Object 36406
↑ Steve Dunkelberger (October 8, 2011), "National Guard Site Predates Washington State", Lakewood-JBLM history, retrieved 2013-05-06

External links

Official website

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

Museums in the Puget Sound region

Art	911 Media Arts Center Bellevue Arts Museum Frye Art Museum Henry Art Gallery Monarch Contemporary Art Center and Sculpture Park Museum of Glass Museum of Northwest Art Olympic Sculpture Park Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art Seattle Art Museum Seattle Asian Art Museum Tacoma Art Museum Whatcom Museum of History and Art

Aviation	Flying Heritage Collection Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour Heritage Flight Museum McChord Air Museum Museum of Flight Olympic Flight Museum Port Townsend Aero Museum

Children's	Hands On Children's Museum KidsQuest Children's Museum Seattle Children's Museum

Culture	Nordic Heritage Museum Northwest African American Museum Suquamish Museum Quinault Museum Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience

History	DuPont Museum Eastside Heritage Center Edmonds Historical Museum Harbor History Museum History House of Greater Seattle Issaquah Historical Museums Karshner Museum Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Museum of History and Industry Renton History Museum Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum Seattle Underground Washington State History Museum

Maritime	Browns Point Light Center for Wooden Boats Coast Guard Museum Northwest Northwest Seaport Snagboat Heritage Center Working Waterfront Maritime Museum

Military	Coast Guard Museum Northwest Lewis Army Museum McChord Air Museum Naval Undersea Museum Puget Sound Navy Museum Washington National Guard Museum

Natural sciences	Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Museum and Arts Center, Sequim, Washington

Science and technology	America's Car Museum Bellingham Railway Museum EMP Museum Georgetown Steam Plant Living Computer Museum Museum of Communications Pacific Science Center SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention Vintage Motorcycle Museum

See also: List of museums in Washington and Museums and galleries of Seattle

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Washington National Guard Museum

Collection

The Arsenal

References

Further reading

External links