Spend the Day at the Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum

The Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum located at Fort Indiantown Gap is the perfect place to visit if you're a military buff and enjoy Pennsylvania military history. The museum is open on Monday's and Friday's from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM, and is FREE to visit., donations accepted.

GPS Directions:

PA National Guard Military Museum
Bldg. T-8-57
Fort Indiantown Gap
Annville, PA 17003-5003

The museum is located inside an old barracks building that was built in 1941 and comprises two floors, with the first floor being handicap accessible. You'll want to dress appropriately for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes. You'll be spending some of your time inside the building and then outside walking around the grounds. We recommend setting aside 1 1/2 to 2 hours, if you plan on doing both.

Once inside you'll be able to view exhibits, photographs, documents, weapons, uniforms, and items from the Civil War to the Gulf War, as well as items from Fort Indiantown Gap and the Pennsylvania National Guard. There is a lot of history to learn, so feel free to take notes and/or photographs along the way. You will need to use your camera flash if you plan on taking indoor photographs.

After your done with your indoor museum visit you'll want to head outside and walk around the grounds. Then get into your vehicle and drive down to Fisher Avenue to see some of the tanks, howitzers, planes and helicopters that are on display. There is a small parking lot (FREE) that you can park in and then get out and walk from exhibit to exhibit.

My wife and I are military and history buffs, so we really enjoyed our visit. We took along our 10 year old granddaughter and 3 1/2 year old grandson. It's important that we teach the youth of today that our freedom is NOT free. They need to be taught proper history and one way of doing that is to take them to museums...like the Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum.

No visit to Fort Indiantown Gap would be complete without a visit to the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery (within 2 miles). If you would like to learn more about the cemetery and to see a few photo's from our visit...you can check out our previous Indiantown Gap National Cemetery post to learn more about it.