Arizona Military Museum

About

The Arizona Military Museum is operated by the Arizona National Guard Historical Society, a private non-profit corporation.

Story

The museum is located in the Papago Park Military Reservation at 5600 East McDowell Road in Phoenix, Arizona. It has over 6000 Square feet of display area within a large adobe building constructed in 1936-37 by the Work Projects Authority (WPA). Displays show uniforms, weapons, artifacts, photos and pictures relating to the Conquistadors, Spanish-Colonial Period, US-Mexican War, Arizona Territory, Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, Border Campaign, WWI and II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, and Global War on Terrorism.

Mission

The Historical Society’s purposes are: “To enhance the appreciation of the military history of Arizona and the contributions of the Militia of Arizona and the Arizona National Guard to the State of Arizona and to the Nation…” (Bylaws, Article I, Section 1). To accomplish its purposes, the Historical Society shall strive: “…to discover and memorialize the history of the Military of Arizona, the Arizona National Guard, and the general military history of Arizona, and to establish and maintain a museum on land leased, owned, or otherwise controlled by the Society.” (Id.).

Products

The museum displays the colorful military history of Arizona and Arizonans who served in the military from the Conquistadoprs to the present. Numerous uniforms and weapons and educational narratives are presented.