Non-DOD personnel simply need to show a Drivers License and proof of insurance (according to the guard at the gate).Ĥ.b. Visitors are required to pass through a manned security gate. You may just need to proceeding around the installation until you find the main gate.Ĥ.a. Be advised that your phone or GPS may direct you to entrances to the facility that are no longer open. The museum is located aboard the Camp Mabry National Guard installation I plugged the address in to my iPhone and it took me directly there). The museum was not very crowded (only 5 groups of 2-4 people).Ģ.c. The museum is well-curated with very well preserved artifacts and plenty of very informative placards.Ģ.a. This museum contains a great deal of very well-maintained/restored/re-furbished items. I am a retired Marine Corps Infantry Officer, history buff and a tour guide aboard a Museum Ship as such, I have high expectations of military museums I have visited over 30 in the United States. This was my second visit my first visit was eight years ago. Bottom Line Up Front/frame of reference for my remarks. If my review is useful, please give me a "thumbs up" or “helpful” vote.ġ. If you are a military or history student of life you have to go here! Audie Murphy is right outside too, so take a picture and pray we avoid war.even as we know another is coming. Then the whole sensory experience with all the tanks, artillery, guns, swords, grenades, military vehicles of all sorts and endless other stuff to study and enjoy should blow away kids. I took photos of some of the background history plaques to read later on my computer. If you have all day you can read the 100,000 thousand words of very interesting history on the many informative posters put together by serious museum curator experts. I was surprised and a little astonished, which is very rare for me since after 59 years I'm pretty nonplussed. In each of these areas there are the most astonishing big dioramas you will likely ever be lucky to see. The offshoot labyrinthian areas for the (1) early Texas history and the Alamo, as well as (2) World War 1 and WWII areas were simply magical for those interested in American history and Texas history. All kinds of vehicles and other stuff everywhere you look. Saw this place on the internet getting ready to travel.
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