Английская Википедия:Indiana Military Museum
Шаблон:Infobox museum The Indiana Military Museum is a military museum located in Vincennes, Indiana.
History
Background
Jim R. Osborne began collecting surplus military equipment as a child after his neighbor gave him a collection of German equipment he had taken as war trophies.[1] In the late 1960s, he started acquiring land vehicles as well.[2]
Establishment
At the urging of friends, the Indiana Military Museum was founded by Osborne in 1982 and opened to the public in 1984 on Bruceville Road east of Vincennes.[3][4] A pair of buildings slated for demolition were moved to the property and were the museum's first buildings.[5] The display space was further expanded in 1988 with the acquisition of a piece of a former Harold's grocery store.[6] The museum completed the restoration of an LVT-4 in 1991.[7] A major change came in the late 1990s, when the museum realized that it needed to focus on finding a new location.[8] A number of objects were loaned to the Casino Aztar in Evansville, Indiana for a temporary exhibit in 2000.[9] Shortly thereafter, the museum closed to undergo renovations supported by a grant from the Lilly Endowment.[5]
Move
The museum purchased a site west of Vincennes close to the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, where it reopened on 31 May 2013.[10] It acquired A4D, F-16 and Lim-5R airplanes in 2015, a T-34 tank the following year and the sail of the submarine Шаблон:USS the year after that.[11][12][13][14] The museum announced plans to complete a new Шаблон:Convert exhibit hall in 2018.[15] The expansion, reduced to Шаблон:Convert, opened the following year.[16]
Facilities
The museum is located on the Шаблон:Convert site of the former Blackford Window Glass Company factory.[8][17] Plans made at the time of the site's purchase call for the construction of a Шаблон:Convert building.[18] The museum also has a library.[19]
Exhibits
Exhibits include a memorial for the Шаблон:USS that was moved from the Heslar Naval Armory.[19] Inside the museum, there are replicas of a 1940s home, the ruins of a French cathedral and a home front factory.[20]
Collection
Aircraft
- Beech UC-45J Expeditor[21]
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois[22]
- Boeing PT-17 Kaydet[23]
- Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawk[24][25]
- Douglas SC-47D Skytrain[26]
- General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon[24][27]
- Lockheed T-33A[28]
- Lockheed T-33B[29]
- McDonnell F-4D Phantom II[30]
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21[31]
- On Mark Marketeer[32]
- PZL TS-11 Iskra[24][33]
- WSK-Mielec Lim-5R[24][34]
Ground vehicles
Other
- Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel – post-World War II[36][37]
- MGM-13B Mace[38][39]
Events
The museum holds a number of events in the spring and summer, including a reenactments of Civil War, World War I, World War II and Vietnam War battles.[40][41][42][43]
See also
References
Further reading
External links
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