| 138SquadronRAF | 15 Oct 2014 2:17 p.m. PST |
Soldiers National Museum Closing in Gettysburg and the collection is being auctioned off: link |
| DS6151 | 15 Oct 2014 4:10 p.m. PST |
"This museum concept has lived its useful life. Visitors want a more hands-on, tech-heavy experience. We don't really have that here," he said. That is the saddest thing I've read in quite a while. |
| Disco Joe | 15 Oct 2014 4:54 p.m. PST |
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| McWong73 | 15 Oct 2014 5:05 p.m. PST |
shame they don't have the funding to improve the museum, those brief comments sound like they know how to update the museum. |
| batesmotel34 | 15 Oct 2014 6:03 p.m. PST |
As I recall from visiting the museum many years ago, their collection isn't terribly large with Cliff Arquettes's carved wooden figures perhaps being the most distinctive. I believe the building it's in was used as General Howard's headquarters during the battle and was used as an home for soldier's orphans after the war and some of the exhibits covered that as well. See link for more about the building. Hopefully the building will be preserved after the museum closes. Chris |
ScottWashburn  | 15 Oct 2014 6:13 p.m. PST |
With all the dozens of times I've been to Gettysburg, I don't think I've ever been in that place. |
| Ironwolf | 15 Oct 2014 7:45 p.m. PST |
I've been to Gettysburg four times and never heard of the place…. |
| avidgamer | 16 Oct 2014 4:04 a.m. PST |
It isn't very good. The little dioramas are nice though. As for their over-inflated self given title "Soldiers National Museum" that is way off base. When I was a kid I loved the little dioramas but other than that the interest dropped off to *yawn*. |
| Rebelyell2006 | 16 Oct 2014 5:25 a.m. PST |
That is the saddest thing I've read in quite a while. Not at all. Text panels can only go so far, and multiple educational methods can provide multiple educational experiences for multiple learning types (for example, reaching people who are bored by reading text panels). |
| batesmotel34 | 16 Oct 2014 6:12 a.m. PST |
It was the Soldier's National Orphan's Home (or something like that after the ACW), hence the the pretentious sounding name now that Cliff Arquette's name (the founder and a TV star 50 years ago) is mostly forgotten. It's roughly across the street from what was the Holiday Inn (now 1863 Inn) in Gettysburg on the slope of Cemetery Hill. Chris |
| Rebelyell2006 | 16 Oct 2014 6:21 a.m. PST |
It was the Soldier's National Orphan's Home (or something like that after the ACW), hence the the pretentious sounding name now that Cliff Arquette's name (the founder and a TV star 50 years ago) is mostly forgotten. It's roughly across the street from what was (and may still be) the Holiday Inn in Gettysburg on the slope of Cemetery Hill. It sounds like they put too much emphasis on the battle (and thus becoming yet another Gettysburg site to look at after checking out the main battlefield park museum) instead of focusing on the history and significance of the building itself. There is nothing wrong with a historic house/building, and as our country continues to age older buildings will cease being used for houses and offices and turn into historic institutions. |
| Old Contemptibles | 22 Oct 2014 3:20 p.m. PST |
It is essentially just somebodies private collection that was on display. The term museum is being used very loosely here. |
| John the Greater | 27 Oct 2014 7:47 a.m. PST |
It's too bad it is closing, but frankly the museum was pretty far down the list of sites to take in in Gettysburg. I may consider showing up for the auction, there may be a few things worth bidding on as long as folks don't go crazy. |
prepares to do some regimental-level ACW gaming.
