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HomeMuseum Review

Museum Review

Museum Review

Virtual Tour: Estonian War Museum

March 28, 2025 Ian McCollum 8

The Estonian War Museum (Eesti Sõjamuuseum) is located at Mõisa tee 1, 74001 Viimsi, Estonia (just outside the capital Tallinn). For opening hours and entry fees, please check their web site: https://esm.ee The museum is […]

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Virtual Tour: Swiss Shooting Museum Bern

March 7, 2025 Ian McCollum 1

Today we are taking a virtual tour of the Swiss Shooting Museum (Schweizer Schützenmuseum Bern) in Bern, Switzerland. The museum has been in this building since just before World War Two, and focusses on the […]

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Virtual Tour of the Czech Army Museum in Prague

September 15, 2024 Ian McCollum 8

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 […]

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Tour: Croatian Homeland War Museum Vehicle & Artillery Park

February 4, 2024 Ian McCollum 2

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 […]

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Fascinating Finds in a Guadalcanal Relic Museum

June 16, 2023 Ian McCollum 8

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 […]

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Virtual Tour of the Polish Army Museum

August 9, 2022 Ian McCollum 7

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 […]

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Virtual Tour: Austrian Museum of Military History

May 20, 2022 Ian McCollum 19

02:30 – 17th Century hall 06:12 – 18th/19th Century hall 09:29 – World War One hall 17:13 – World War Two hall 20:24 – Naval history area I recently had a chance to visit the […]

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Curators Speak Out: Danny and Ashley on the World of Firearms Museums

January 8, 2021 Ian McCollum 12

When I posted my video last week about some of the problems with museum firearms collections, I touched on issues that Danny Michael and Ashley Hlebinsky deal with on a daily basis. They invited me […]

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Virtual Tour: Cody Dug-Up Gun Museum

August 3, 2019 Ian McCollum 13

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 […]

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Virtual Tour: Newly Renovated Cody Firearms Museum

July 27, 2019 Ian McCollum 14

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 […]

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