HMAS Perth (I) Memorial formally opened
On 1st March 2025, the memorial in Perth Western Australia to commemorate the loss of HMAS Perth (I) in the Battle of the Sunda Strait, together with USS Houston, was […]
Category: Museums
The St Petersburg Artillery Museum
St Petersburg Artillery Museum By Fred Lane (This article was first published in NOCN 82, 1 September, 2010.) “May you live in interesting times,” is a curse […]
Letecke Museum
Letecke Museum There is a little-known gem of an aviation museum less than 40 minutes by public transport from Prague. The Letecke Museum was founded in 1968 on historic Kbely, […]
Broome Pearl Luggers
Pearling Luggers Museum, Broome A visit to the Pearling Luggers Museum in Dampier Terrace, Broome is illuminating. Timing our visit to coincide with a guided tour, we learn that the […]
Boeing Aircraft Museum
Boeing aircraft factory and museum Psst! Wanna see the biggest American airliners being constructed in the biggest shed in the world? Go North, young man, from San Francisco to Seattle, […]
Udvar Hazy Museum
National Air and Space, Dulles Out near Dulles Airport, Virginia, about 40 minutes by car from Washington, DC, is an important new Smithsonian aerospace facility, the huge Steven F. Udvar-Hazy […]
Antietam Battle: 1862
The Battle of Antietam Museum More American soldiers (617,528) died during the 1861-65 American Civil War than in any other conflict involving Americans. The next worse loss of […]
Army Museum, W.A.
Army Museum, WA A little gem of a museum lies quietly in a Fremantle back street, on Cantonment Hill, near the old Stirling Highway/Canning Highway intersection. Look out for khaki […]
Anthropology, UBC, Vancouver
Museum of Anthropology, UBC The Museum of Anthropology in the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada has by far the best collection of original totem poles and other carvings […]
Lisbon Maritime Museum
Lisbon maritime museum Lisbon is a great place to visit, but its streets and hotels are so crowded and noisy that some might find it best to stay outside the […]