List of military museums

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. Some of these institutions may also be used as a war memorial for a particular country or conflict.

These institutions vary in their scope and focus, with some museums dedicated to a specific national or regional context and chronicling the military history of a particular country or region, while other museums may concentrate on a particular conflict, era, service, technology (like an artillery museum), or unit (like a regimental museum).

The following is a list of military museums by country:

Austria

Museum of Military History, Vienna
Styrian Armoury

Australia

Army Museum Bandiana
Army Museum of Tasmania
Army Museum of Western Australia
Australian Armour and Artillery Museum
Australian Army Artillery Museum
Australian War Memorial
Bublacowie Military Museum
Darwin Military Museum
Fighter World
Fleet Air Arm Museum (Australia)
Gippsland Armed Forces Museum
Light Horse & Field Artillery Museum
Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum
Maryborough Military and Colonial Museum
National Military Vehicle Museum
National Vietnam Veterans Museum
RAAF Museum
RAAF Wagga Heritage Centre
Royal Australian Armoured Corps Memorial and Army Tank Museum
Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Military Museum
Liberation War Museum

Belgium

Atlantic Wall open-air museum
In Flanders Fields Museum
Lange Max Museum
Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917
National Museum of the Resistance
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History
Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62

Bulgaria

National Museum of Military History, Bulgaria
Pleven Panorama

Canada

Base Borden Military Museum
Bomber Command Museum of Canada
Canadian War Museum
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society
Cold Lake Air Force Museum
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
Comox Air Force Museum
Elgin Military Museum
Fort Garry Horse Museum & Archives
Greenwood Military Aviation Museum
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Museum
Military Communications and Electronics Museum
Musée de la Défense aérienne
National Air Force Museum of Canada
Naval Museum of Halifax
Naval Museum of Manitoba
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada Museum
Royal Canadian Artillery Museum
Royal Canadian Regiment Museum
Royal Military College of Canada Museum
Secrets of Radar Museum
Shearwater Aviation Museum
Swords and Ploughshares Museum
The Military Museums

China

Memorial of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution
Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
Opium War Museum

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence

Czech Republic

Military Museum Lešany
Museum of armoured vehicles Smržovka

Denmark

Danish War Museum
Defence and Garrison Museum
Royal Danish Naval Museum
Sea War Museum Jutland

El Salvador

Military Museum of the Armed Forces of El Salvador

Estonia

Naissaar Museum
Estonian Aviation Museum
Museum of Fight for Estonia's Freedom
Estonian War Museum
Valga sõjamuuseum

Finland

The Artillery Museum of Finland
Engineers Museum
Finnish Air Force Museum
Military Museum of Finland
Military Music Museum of Finland
Parola Tank Museum
Salpa Line Museum

France

Airborne Museum (Sainte-Mère-Église)
Army Museum (Paris)
Bullecourt 1917, Jean and Denise Letaille museum
Carrière Wellington
Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour
Foreign Legion Museum
Juno Beach Centre
Mémorial de Caen
Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération
Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation à Grenoble
Musée des Blindés
Musée des Plans-Reliefs
Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris – Musée Jean Moulin
Musée Pierre-Jost
Museum of the Great War
National Gendarmerie Museum
Overlord Museum
Salle des Traditions de la Garde Républicaine

Germany

Allied Museum
Bayerisches Armeemuseum
Bundeswehr Military History Museum
- Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow
Bundeswehr Museum of German Defense Technology
Dresden Armoury
German Tank Museum
Historical Technical Museum, Peenemünde
Siegfried Line Museum, Irrel
Siegfried Line Museum, Pirmasens
Wehrgeschichtliches Museum Rastatt

Greece

1912–1913 War Museum
Athens War Museum
Balkan Wars Museum
Hellenic Air Force Museum
Kilkis War Museum
Lachanas Military Museum
Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki)
Museum of the Battle of Crete and the National Resistance
Museum of the Kalavryta Holocaust
Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Kastoria)
Pavlos Melas Museum
War Museum of Kalpaki
War Museum of Thessaloniki

India

Cavalry Tank Museum, Ahmednagar
Indian Air Force Heritage Museum, Chandigarh
Indian Air Force Museum, Palam
Indian War Memorial Museum
Jaisalmer War Museum
Naval Aircraft Museum (Kolkata)
Naval Aviation Museum (Goa)
Samudrika Naval Marine Museum

Indonesia

Bojong Kokosan Museum
Dharma Wiratama Museum
Satriamandala Museum

Iran

Holy Defense Museum

Ireland

County Carlow Military Museum
Curragh Military Museum

Israel

Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum
Etzel House
Israel Defense Forces History Museum
Israeli Air Force Museum
Palmach Museum
Yad La-Shiryon
Yad Vashem

Italy

Italian Air Force Museum
Museo della Deportazione
Museum of the Liberation of Rome
Museum of the Risorgimento, Bologna
Museum of the Risorgimento (Milan)
Museum of the Risorgimento (Turin)
Stibbert Museum
Technical Naval Museum at La Spezia

Japan

Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum
Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage
Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots
Gifu Sekigahara Battlefield Memorial Museum
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Japanese Sword Museum
JMSDF Kure Museum
Kaiten Memorial Museum
Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
Peace Museum of Saitama
Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum
Yūshūkan

Jordan

Royal Tank Museum

Malaysia

War Museum of Batu Maung
The Army Museum of Port Dickson
Royal Malaysian Air Force Museum in Kuala Lumpur
Royal Malaysian Navy Museum in Melaka
Malaysian Armed Forces Museum in Kuala Lumpur

Netherlands

Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein'
Dutch Cavalry Museum
Dutch Fortress Museum
Dutch Navy Museum
Freedom Museum
Marechaussee Museum
Militaire Luchtvaart Museum
Nationaal Militair Museum
Netherlands Marine Corps Museum
Overloon War Museum
Verzetsmuseum

New Zealand

Air Force Museum of New Zealand
National Army Museum (New Zealand)
New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum
Torpedo Bay Navy Museum

Norway

Blood Road Museum
Armed Forces Museum (Norway)
Kristiansand Cannon Museum
Lofoten War Memorial Museum
Norway's Resistance Museum
Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection
Royal Norwegian Navy Museum
Rustkammeret

Philippines

Armed Forces of the Philippines Museum
Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum
Philippine Army Museum

Poland

Armia Krajowa Museum in Kraków
Armored Weaponry Museum, Poznań
Army Museum in Białystok
Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom
Museum of Polish Arms
Museum of the Armed Act
Museum of the Second World War
Norwegian POW Museum
Polish Army Museum
- Katyń Museum
- Museum of Polish Military Technology
Warsaw Rising Museum
White Eagle Museum

Romania

National Military Museum, Romania
National Museum of Romanian Aviation
Timișoara Military Museum

Russia

Central Air Force Museum
Central Armed Forces Museum
Central Naval Museum
Kremlin Armoury
Kronstadt Naval Museum
Kubinka Tank Museum
Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps
Military History Museum of the Far Eastern Military District
Museum of Russian Submarine Forces
Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow
Ratnaya Palata
Russian Museum of Military Medicine
Taganrog military museum

Serbia

Military Museum, Belgrade

Singapore

Changi Chapel and Museum
Reflections at Bukit Chandu
Singapore Air Force Museum

South Africa

Anglo-Boer War Museum
Queen's Fort Military Museum
South African Air Force Museum
South African National Museum of Military History
South African Naval Museum

South Korea

Baekje Military Museum
Jeju 4.3 Peace Park
Nakdong River Battle Museum
War Memorial of Korea

Spain

Cartagena Naval Museum
Historical Military Museum of Cartagena (Spain)
Museum of the Army (Toledo)
Naval Museum of Madrid
Royal Armoury of Madrid

Sweden

Hamn (museum)
Livrustkammaren
Marinmuseum
Swedish Air Force Museum
Swedish Army Museum
Swedish Tank Museum Arsenalen

Switzerland

Flieger Flab Museum, Dübendorf
Tank Museum, Thun
Swiss Military Museum, Full-Reuenthal

Taiwan

August 23 Artillery Battle Museum
Chengkungling History Museum
Guningtou Battle Museum
Hsinchu Museum of Military Dependents Village
Hujingtou Battle Museum
Republic of China Air Force Museum
Republic of China Armed Forces Museum
Yu Da Wei Xian Sheng Memorial Museum

Thailand

JEATH War Museum
Royal Thai Air Force Museum

Turkey

Ankara Aviation Museum
İnciraltı Sea Museum
İnönü Military Quarter and War Museum
Istanbul Aviation Museum
Istanbul Military Museum
Istanbul Naval Museum
Kabatepe
Kırıkkale MKE Weapons Industry Museum
Mersin Naval Museum
Victory Museum

Ukraine

Museum of Partisan Glory
National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War
National Museum-Preserve of Ukrainian military achievements
Naval museum complex Balaklava
Poltava Museum of Long-Range and Strategic Aviation
Strategic missile forces museum in Ukraine
Suvorov Museum, Timanivka

United Kingdom

100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum
Aldershot Military Museum
Army Flying Museum
Cheshire Military Museum
Combined Military Services Museum
Devonport Naval Heritage Centre
Eden Camp Museum
Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower
Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier
Fleet Air Arm Museum
Fusilier Museum
Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland
Green Howards Regimental Museum
Gordon Highlanders Museum
Honourable Artillery Company Museum
HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars
Imperial War Museum
- Churchill War Rooms
- Imperial War Museum Duxford
- Imperial War Museum North
Jewish Military Museum
Kent Battle of Britain Museum
Lancashire Infantry Museum
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
Lowestoft War Memorial Museum
Military Wireless Museum in the Midlands
Monmouth Regimental Museum
Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre
Muckleburgh Collection
Museum of Lancashire
Museum of Army Transport
Museum of Military Medicine
Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps
National Army Museum
National Museum of the Royal Navy
National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth
Norfolk Tank Museum
National War Museum
Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum
RAF Air Defence Radar Museum
Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh
REME Museum
Royal Air Force Museum
- Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
- Royal Air Force Museum London
Royal Armouries Museum
Royal Army Chaplains' Museum
Royal Artillery Museum
Royal Engineers Museum
Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum
Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum
Royal Logistic Corps Museum
Royal Marines Museum
Royal Navy Submarine Museum
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire)
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum
Royal Signals Museum
Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum
Scottish Submarine Centre
Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum
Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum
Shoreham Aircraft Museum
Somerset Military Museum
Somme Heritage Centre
Staffordshire Regiment Museum
Stratford Armouries
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
The D-Day Story
The Guards Museum
The Gurkha Museum
The Museum of Technology
The Museum of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) and the Royal Regiment of Scotland
The Queen's Own Hussars Museum
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum
The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum
The Rifles Museum
The Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum
The Second World War Experience Centre
The Tank Museum
Trenchard Museum
Yorkshire Air Museum

United States

1st Infantry Division Museum
82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum
African American Civil War Memorial Museum
African American Military History Museum
Air Force Armament Museum
Air Force Flight Test Museum
Airborne & Special Operations Museum
American Airpower Museum
American Civil War Museum
American Heritage Museum
Arkansas Air & Military Museum
Arkansas National Guard Museum
Armed Forces History Museum
Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum
Averasboro Battlefield and Museum
B-36 Peacemaker Museum
Barksdale Global Power Museum
Battlefield Vegas
Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial
Blue and Gray Museum (Alabama)
Braddock's Battlefield History Center
Bristol Train of Artillery Museum
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
CAF Rocky Mountain Wing Museum
California State Military Museum
Camp Gordon Johnston Museum
Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum
Castle Air Museum
Champlin Fighter Museum
Chennault Aviation and Military Museum
Civil War Museum (Bardstown)
Civil War Museum of Philadelphia
Combat Air Museum
Corporal Larry E. Smedley National Vietnam War Museum
Eldred World War II Museum
Estrella Warbird Museum
Evansville Wartime Museum
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum
Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum
Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum
Indiana Military Museum
G.A.R. Hall and Museum
Grissom Air Museum
Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Harbor Defense Museum
Hawthorne Ordnance Museum
Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles
Hessian Powder Magazine
Hill Aerospace Museum
Iron Building (Watervliet Arsenal)
Lewis Army Museum
J. M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum
Loring Military Heritage Center
Malmstrom Museum
MAPS Air Museum
Marine Corps Legacy Museum
Marine Corps Museum
Marine Raider Museum
McChord Air Museum
MCRD San Diego Command Museum
Military Aviation Museum
Military Heritage & Aviation Museum
Military Museum of Butte County
Military Museum of North Florida
Military Sea Services Museum
Military Vehicle Technology Foundation
Milwaukee County War Memorial
Minnesota Military Museum
Mississippi Armed Forces Museum
Motts Military Museum
Museum of Missouri Military History
Museum of the American Revolution
Museum of the Marine
Museum of Weapons and Early American History
National Atomic Testing Museum
National Civil War Museum
National Civil War Naval Museum
National Firearms Museum
National Guard Memorial Museum
National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey
National Infantry Museum
National Museum of American Jewish Military History
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
National Museum of Military Vehicles
National Museum of the American Sailor
National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
National Museum of the Marine Corps
National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force
National Museum of the Pacific War
National Museum of the United States Air Force
National Museum of the United States Army
National Museum of the United States Navy
National Museum of World War II Aviation
National Naval Aviation Museum
National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
National Warplane Museum
National World War I Museum and Memorial
National WWII Museum
Naval Air Museum Barbers Point
Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum
Naval Museum of Armament & Technology
Naval War College Museum
New England Civil War Museum
New Jersey Naval Museum
Oregon Military Museum
Parris Island Museum
Patriots Point
Patuxent River Naval Air Museum
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
Pennsylvania Military Museum
Peterson Air and Space Museum
Polish Home Army Museum, Orchard Lake, Michigan
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum
Powder Magazine (Charleston, South Carolina)
Pritzker Military Museum & Library
Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum
Ropkey Armor Museum
Russell Military Museum
Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum
Seabee Museum and Memorial Park
Selfridge Military Air Museum
Silent Wings Museum
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum
South Carolina Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum
Spanish Military Hospital Museum
Springfield Armory
Submarine Force Library and Museum
Texas Civil War Museum
Texas Military Forces Museum
The International Museum of World War II
Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum
Tri-State Warbird Museum
United States Army Aviation Museum
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center
U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii
U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum
U.S. Cavalry Museum
U.S. Naval Academy Museum
United States Army Medical Department Museum
United States Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center
United States Army Women's Museum
United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
United States Naval Undersea Museum
USAF Airman Heritage Museum
USS Constitution Museum
USS Midway Museum
Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum
Virginia War Museum
War Between the States Museum
War of 1812 Museum (Plattsburgh)
Washington National Guard Museum
Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum
Wisconsin Veterans Museum
WWII/Korea LVT Museum

Uruguay

Naval Museum of Uruguay

Vietnam

B-52 Victory Museum, Hanoi
Southeastern Armed Forces Museum Military Zone 7
Vietnam Military History Museum
Vietnam People's Air Force Museum, Hanoi
Vietnam People's Air Force Museum, Ho Chi Minh City
War Remnants Museum
Zone 5 Military Museum, Danang