Hi All! We are looking forward to our first Tank Demo weekend here at AHM this Saturday and Sunday, May 15th & 16th. There will be several WWII tanks operating with accompanying historical narration. All three museums will be open. We will have two very special guests joining us. WWII veterans Alfred Consigli (Sherman gunner in Patton's Army) and Bill Purple (8th AF, 379th lead B-17 pilot) will be here to talk about their experiences during the day. Such an honor to have these guys with us. Hearing their stories is such a rarity and worth the trip alone! Look forward to seeing everyone this weekend.
2 days ago ·
Inside the Hatch Quiz! What tank or vehicle is this? Comment with your answer! #tanks #AmericanHeritageMuseum #militarymuseum #hudsonmass #hudsonma
1 week ago ·
Greetings All! Looking for a neat place to bring Mom for Mother's Day? Come to the American Heritage Museum! All Moms get in for free on Sunday, May 9th.
1 week ago ·
Restoration update on the WWI German 21 cm Mittlerer Minenwerfer - heavy trench mortar. Sandblasting finished and working on the wood spokes for the wheels. Paint soon to follow.
2 weeks ago ·
Current restoration project: WWI German 17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer - heavy trench mortar. Once complete this will go next to the Panzer 1 tank in the War Clouds exhibit. Picture shows sandblasting in preparation for paint.
2 weeks ago ·
War Clouds
Vickers Mk. VI Light Tank – UK | LIGHT TANK
Panzer 1A – GER | LIGHT TANK
Mercedes G4 – GER | STAFF CAR
7.5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18 – GER | INFANTRY SUPPORT GUN
War Clouds exhibit provides an educational interpretation of the inter-war period and the rise of Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany. It culminates in 1941 with a screen playing out the attack on Pearl Harbor lifts, revealing the main museum floor. Here you will see exhibits on the Nazi rise to power, invasions through Europe and Imperial Japan’s incursions through China and the Pacific. The effects of leaders who lead by stoking hatred and nationalism, fascism, imperialism, endorsing conspiracies, lies, racism, antisemitism and the weak response of the dissolution of democracies to rising threats of fascism and militarism around the world in the 1930s are exposed within this presentation.
