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Museum Review

Museum Review

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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Romagne 14-18 Museum Tour

October 30, 2018 Ian McCollum 5

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 – the Romagne ’14-’18 Museum (in France, World War One is […]

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Interview: Ashley Hlebinsky, Curator of the Cody Firearms Museum

July 11, 2016 Ian McCollum 39

Sorry about the sound quality! I did my best to clean it up, but the air conditioning system in the museum had a more significant impact on the video that I had anticipated. Ashley Hlebinsky […]

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Cody Firearms Museum Virtual Tour

July 6, 2016 Ian McCollum 14

The Cody Firearms Museum is a part of the Buffalo Bill Center for the West, and one of the very best firearms museums in the US (if not the world). It incorporates a number of […]

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New Orleans Museums: WWII and Confederacy

June 17, 2014 Ian McCollum 19

I recently had the opportunity to travel to New Orleans, and spent some time in two different military museums there (of course!). One was the massive National World War II Museum founded by Stephen Ambrose, […]

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