Breadfan
07-30-2007, 06:09 PM
A few weekends ago I made it down to the National Marine Corps Museum in Quantico, VA, right off Rt 95/Rt 1 in Dumfries/Quantico. I was actually surprised by the museum, it was a lot more than I had been expecting.
http://www.ionicflux.com/canon/04/IMG_1333001.jpg
The exhibits were done very nicely. The detail in many of the scenes was impeccable. There was also some very interesting things in some of the displays, things that brought your other senses into the scenes depicted.
For instance, a display about the Fox Company a Toktong pass in the Korean war had a very nice theatrical display that you walked through, it brought you there by sight and sound, but not just that, the A/C was cranked very high in this room to help bring the sensation of cold that was present during this time.
I don't want to give too much of it away but I will post a few pictures of some of the exhibits, you'll see the great detail. Plus they had some cool planes and who doesn't like that. :)
All in all I think it was a great place, I was there about 4-5 hours and didn't see it all. They go from the very start of the Marines and you follow a timeline on the wall that's broken up by large exhibits for things such as WWII, Korea, etc. There's also a nice art gallery and War on Terror photo exhibit.
Highly recommended for a visit for CAM'ers, if interested it could make a nice CAM meet. When I went (On a Saturday), parking and admission were free. And at noonish when I arrived, parking was plentiful. Museum closes at 5pm.
More Pics:
http://www.ionicflux.com/canon/04/IMG_1347015.jpg
http://www.ionicflux.com/canon/04/IMG_1355023.jpg
http://www.ionicflux.com/canon/04/IMG_1412080.jpg
http://www.ionicflux.com/canon/04/IMG_1406074.jpg
http://www.ionicflux.com/canon/04/IMG_1525189.jpg
http://www.ionicflux.com/canon/04/IMG_1427095.jpg
http://www.ionicflux.com/canon/04/IMG_1333001.jpg
The exhibits were done very nicely. The detail in many of the scenes was impeccable. There was also some very interesting things in some of the displays, things that brought your other senses into the scenes depicted.
For instance, a display about the Fox Company a Toktong pass in the Korean war had a very nice theatrical display that you walked through, it brought you there by sight and sound, but not just that, the A/C was cranked very high in this room to help bring the sensation of cold that was present during this time.
I don't want to give too much of it away but I will post a few pictures of some of the exhibits, you'll see the great detail. Plus they had some cool planes and who doesn't like that. :)
All in all I think it was a great place, I was there about 4-5 hours and didn't see it all. They go from the very start of the Marines and you follow a timeline on the wall that's broken up by large exhibits for things such as WWII, Korea, etc. There's also a nice art gallery and War on Terror photo exhibit.
Highly recommended for a visit for CAM'ers, if interested it could make a nice CAM meet. When I went (On a Saturday), parking and admission were free. And at noonish when I arrived, parking was plentiful. Museum closes at 5pm.
More Pics:
http://www.ionicflux.com/canon/04/IMG_1347015.jpg
http://www.ionicflux.com/canon/04/IMG_1355023.jpg
http://www.ionicflux.com/canon/04/IMG_1412080.jpg
http://www.ionicflux.com/canon/04/IMG_1406074.jpg
http://www.ionicflux.com/canon/04/IMG_1525189.jpg
http://www.ionicflux.com/canon/04/IMG_1427095.jpg