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Museums and Shows
From time to time the Armchair General staff (or our readers) will attend a show or visit a musuem and send back photo essays. We post them here for convenient access to all the interesting things we've seen.


Military Odyssey, 2005

Published: September 19, 2005 at 12:00 pm

The wilds of Kent, England, played host to Hoplites, Romans, tanks and fighter planes in this year’s massive multi-period show.

Beltring War and Peace Show, 2005

Published: August 28, 2005 at 12:00 pm

Armchair General sent a team to this year’s show, billed as the world’s largest military vehicles and collector’s fair.

Aldershot Army Show 2005

Published: July 25, 2005 at 12:00 pm

Armchair General experiences the bond a small English town has with the British Army.

HMS Warrior 1860

Published: July 20, 2005 at 1:39 pm

We pay a visit to HMS Warrior, Britain’s first ironclad warship, and the fastest, most powerful vessel of her age.

International Festival of the Sea 2005

Published: July 16, 2005 at 1:36 pm

Armchair General gets up close and personal with the ships of the International Fleet in this year’s event.

Britain Celebrates WWII Commemoration Day

Published: July 10, 2005 at 4:11 pm

During the official day of commemoration for Britain, we follow typical events in an every day British town as the inhabitants remember the end of the war.

Hendon RAF Museum

Published: July 08, 2005 at 3:26 pm

Our latest photo-tour takes us to Hendon, North London, where an astonishing array of historic warplanes can be found.

Guns and Drums – 2005

Published: June 06, 2005 at 6:13 pm

Where will you find Napoleonic troopers and American Civil War soldiers mingling with World War II American GIs and modern-day battle tanks? Right here – in our review of Aldershot’s annual “Guns and Drums” display.

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Published: February 06, 2005 at 10:44 am

Take a trip with Armchair General to investigate the many attractions at the Historic Dockyard in Portsmouth, England. Steeped in history, the Dockyard is home to the excavated remains of the pride of Henry VIII’s fleet, the ill-fated Mary Rose, and also Britain’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar – HMS Victory, not to mention some of the most modern Warships in the world.

Farnborough International 2004

Published: October 22, 2004 at 7:50 pm

We present an exciting pictorial overview of the 2004 International Airshow which was held this July in Farnborough, England. An impressive display of historical and modern military aircraft of all types was on show from all over the world.

National D-Day Museum

Don Maddox | Published: June 30, 2004 at 10:24 pm

Don Maddox recently made his way to visit the National D-Day Museum and shares his journey with us. Read in PDF format.

Explosion! The Museum of Naval Firepower

Published: June 15, 2004 at 10:28 pm

A J Summersgill sends in another excellent set of tour photos, with pictures from the Museum of Naval Firepower in Gosport, Hampshire, England.

Royal Navy Submarine Museum

Published: June 14, 2004 at 10:02 pm

Our good friend AJ Summersgill has taken his camera to another musuem to capture a piece of history to share with our Armchair General readers. This time out, he looks at submarines.

Duxford Land Warfare Hall

Published: April 10, 2004 at 6:52 pm

Two of our readers recently took a trip to the Duxford site of the Imperial War Museum in England and have some great AFV and land warfare pictures to share.

Duxford Air Museum: A Photo Visit

Published: April 04, 2004 at 7:03 pm

Two of our readers recently took a trip to the Duxford site of the Imperial War Museum in England and have some great pictures (aircraft) to share from their visit.

Bovington Tank Museum

Published: February 24, 2004 at 2:14 pm

One of our readers has contributed an excellent piece on his visit to the The Tank Museum in Bovington, England. Many excellent photographs of AFV’s from the past 80+ years.

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