Nat. Museum of the Marine Corps 2017

[TLeo]

Has anyone heard of when the new exhibits that are planned to be open in 2017 will actually be open? The web site just shows that the theater, F/A-18 and M60 tank exhibits open this year. I assume since there are no details it will be a few more months but just wondered if anyone had heard details.

[Jarhead8007]

TLeo,

 

All is still a work in progress. We just put the rotor blades on the UH-34 on Saturday, 1 Apr.

 

Based on the latest plan, this is the rough schedule (but all dates subject to change whenever reality intrudes):

• Mid-April 2017: Tun Tavern expansion and two new restrooms open! (depends on Fire Marshall inspection and custodial contract)
• June-July 2017: Combat Art Gallery (100+ original artworks post-Vietnam, for the most part)
• June-July 2017: 369 seat giant screen theater with exclusive 40 minute USMC-themed movie.
• Nov 2017: Children's activity area, 2 classrooms, and school lunch room
• Nov 2018: Post-Vietnam Galleries (1976-present)
• 2020 and 2021: Hall of Valor (MoH & other medals for heroism), Marines in Sports Gallery, Interwar Years (1919-1940)

For current updates, check: http://www.usmcmuseum.com/museum-final-phase.html

 

You can watch a timelapse of the install of the M60 tank and the assembly and install of the F/A18 Hornet at that same page.

[TLeo]

Thanks for that information!

[Backtheattack]

NS13Jarhead, thank`s for the information. Hope I can visit the museum next time.

[Sorcerer1]

Having past the museum on various trips to the US in the nineties, I finally stopped there in 2014.

Regretted I had never visited earlier. What a collection on Marine history, friendly staff and an occasion to shake hands a WW2 vet of the 5th division.

Great visit.

 

Guy

[Brig]

Just PCSed to Quantico and looking forward to finally getting to the museum