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Virtual Tour of the Czech Army Museum in Prague
I spent several days filming some fantastic Czech small arms with the VHU - the Czech Military History Institute. The Army Museum Žižkov is a part of the Institute, and they have a 3-story museum full of cool exhibits open to the public in Prague. If you have a chance to visit, it's definitely wo...
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Tour: Croatian Homeland War Museum Vehicle & Artillery Park
While in Croatia for filming, we stopped in at the Homeland War Museum (Muzej Domovinskog Rata) in Karlovac. Built in the preserved ruins of the "Hotel California", it houses a small but pretty comprehensive collection of small arms form the Croatian Homeland War, in addition to many other artifa...
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Fort Clinch
Defending the strategically important Cumberland Sound at the very north eastern edge of Florida, work on Fort Clinch began in 1847. It remained unfinished during the Civil War and changed hands several times before it was finally completed 20 years after construction began. It was sporadically g...
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The Art of Persuasion - Abram Games Exhibition at The National Army Museum
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit the National Army Museum in London and check out their current exhibition, The Art of Persuasion, a look at the wartime work of graphic designer Abram Games. While you may not recognise the name you will probably recognise some of his impressive and ...
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The Room The Nazis Surrendered In
Matt recently visited Berlin and took the opportunity to visit the German-Russian Museum in Karlshorst, the site of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender. The building and the hall have a fascinating history, once part of the Wehrmacht’s Pionierschule 1 and later the USSR's HQ in Eastern Germany...
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Cold War British Vehicles - Anglesey Transport Museum
A walk around the Anglesey Transport Museum's collection of military vehicles with a look at a Alvis Saracen, a Daimler Ferret, a Humber Pig and a Bofors QF 40mm Mk1! Find out more about the museum at - http://angleseytransportmuseum.co.uk/ Be sure to check out our accompanying article for this v...
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Walk Around - Donnington Castle
With many of us being stuck in COVID-19 imposed lockdowns I thought now would be a good time for a video-walk around Donnington Castle. Think of it as a virtual stroll. The 14th century castle found itself embroiled in a long siege during the English Civil War with extensive earthworks built to d...
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A Walk Around the Cody Firearms Museum
Last summer I had the chance to visit the newly renovated Cody Firearms Museum. With the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic I thought now was a good time to finish my walk-around video taking a look at the new museum. Check out our accompanying blog for more photos of the museum - https://armourersbenc...
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West Indian Soldier - National Army Museum Exhibition
In August I had the opportunity to visit the National Army Museum in London and take a look around some of their current exhibitions. One of these was one titled “West Indian Soldier”. The museum described it as a special exhibition to explore the role of West Indian soldiers in the British Army ...
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Foe To Friend - The National Army Museum's British Army in Germany Since 1945 Exhibition
A couple of months ago I visited the UK’s National Army Museum in London. They currently have an exhibition exploring the history of the British Army in Germany since 1945. Titled 'Foe to Friend' it explored the British Army’s post-war experience in Germany first as an occupier and then as a NATO...
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Walk Around: The Vickers Machine Gun & Machine Gun Corps Event at the National Army Museum
On the 16 July, I took part in a Spotlight Saturday event at the UK’s National Army Museum in London. Organised by the Vickers Machine Gun Collection & Research Association the event commemorated the 100th anniversary of the disbandment of the British Army’s Machine Gun Corps but also commemorate...
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Walk Around: The Tank Museum's Vehicle Conservation Centre
I recently had the pleasure of being able to take a stroll around the Vehicle Conservation Centre at the Tank Museum at Bovington. In this walkaround video we'll take a look at some of the museum's hidden treasures! Find out more about the @thetankmuseum at https://tankmuseum.org/ Be sure to ch...
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Sir Charles Ross was a Jerk: The Martello Tower
Sir Charles Ross was really a jerk sometimes. Not the sort of guy you would want to go into business with.
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Forgotten History: Musée de Plans-Reliefs (Paris)
Hidden away up on the 4th floor of the Paris Army Museum (in Les Invalides) is the rather unexcitingly-named Musée de Plans-Reliefs. Up here in the dark is a collection of strategic dioramas dating back some 350 years. French King Louis XIV created a workshop to build these 1:600 sale models of t...
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Touring a Huge WW2 Gun & Artifact Collection
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Fascinating Finds in a Guadalcanal Relic Museum
Today I'm visiting the Solomon Islands War Memorial Museum in Honiara (the capital city on Guadalcanal). This is a private museum run by two brothers on the island, and it is filled to the brim with artifacts recovered from the jungles and battlefields, both American and Japanese. From Coke bottl...
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Tour of a Finnish Gun Collection
I have been doing a bunch of filming with this Finnish collector, who has been very generous with his time and giving me access. He thought it would be fun to show folks a full tour of the collection he has assembled, and I though that would be a fine idea! So enjoy - this is the sort of fantasti...
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Virtual Tour: Austrian Museum of Military History
I recently had a chance to visit the Austrian Museum of Military History, and figured it would be nice to film a tour for the channel. The museum is in Vienna (the address is actually "Arsenal 1") and is one of the oldest continuously-operating military museums in Europe. There are four main gall...
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Virtual Tour of the Polish Army Museum
On my recent trip to Warsaw, I spent some time filming guns in the collection of the Polish Army Museum. In an effort to create something of a library of museum tours, I made sure to take some time to film a short virtual tour of the exhibits for you - note that I did this after the museum had cl...
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Virtual Tour: Cody Dug-Up Gun Museum
There is a second gun museum in Cody Wyoming that is a lot smaller than the main one, but just as interesting - albeit in very different way. The Cody Dug Up Gun Museum houses a large collection of guns literally "dug up" and in less-than-ideal condition. These can be fascinating to see, as much ...
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Virtual Tour: Newly Renovated Cody Firearms Museum
The Cody Firearms Museum has spent many months undergoing a complete renovation and rebuilding, and is not back fully open to the public. The new layout has not just improved visibility and put the guns in better display context, but it has actually increased the number of guns on display. When I...
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Romagne 14-18 Museum Tour
Jean-Paul de Vries runs a very interesting private World War One museum in the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon in the Meuse region of northeastern France. It is the exact opposite of typical modern museums, as it has a massive number of artifacts on display with almost no printed explanation. ...
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Malta's Hand-Hewn Bomb Shelter Tunnels
During World War Two, the Grand Harbor in Malta was the most-bombed place in the world, under aerial bombardment for two full years because of its position as a central Mediterranean base for British air and sea forces. While these attacks were focused on the harbor facilities, most of the island...