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World War 2 Facts from All 50 States
Looking for World War 2 facts? Scroll down for a list of major World War II museums in every state, plus facts and trivia pertaining to WWII.
World War 2 Facts: WWII museums in every state
STATE VENUE CITY
ALABAMA Aliceville Museum Aliceville
ALASKA Kodiak Military History Museum Kodiak
ARIZONA 390th Memorial Museum Tucson
ARKANSAS Arkansas National Guard Little Rock
CALIFORNIA General Patton Memorial Chiriaco Summit
Manzanar National Historic Site Independence
Palm Springs Air Museum Santa Monica
Rosie the Riveter Memorial Richmond
US Merchant Marine Veterans Museum San Pedro
California has more World War II and military museums than any other U.S. state.
During World War 2, California also had many dozen U.S. Army airfields. Most of these have since then been converted to municipal airports or returned to farmland.
COLORADO National Museum of World War II Aviation Colorado Springs
CONNECTICUT National Iwo Jima Memorial Monument Newington
DELAWARE US Army Ordnance Museum Aberdeen
Air Mobility Command Museum Dover
DISTRICT of COLUMBIA
National Japanese American Memorial DC
National World War II Memorial DC
FLORIDA Camp Blanding Museum Starke
St. Augustine Lighthouse Museum St. Augustine
GEORGIA World War II Flight Training Museum Douglas
Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum Pooler
HAWAII Battleship Missouri Memorial Honolulu
USS Arizona Memorial Honolulu
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum Honolulu
USS Utah Honolulu
World War 2 Facts: Hawaii is the only U.S. state that was attacked during World War II, although it was not yet a state.
Hawaii is the only state that was once a kingdom with its own Monarchy.
IDAHO Warhawk Air Museum Nampa
Idaho is the only state that does not have a veteran’s cemetery.
ILLINOIS Roberts Armory World War II Museum Rochelle
Vermilion County War Museum Danville
World War II Veterans Memorial Springfield
INDIANA World War II Victory Museum Auburn
World War Memorial Military Museum Indianapolis
IOWA Great Plains Wing Museum Council Bluffs
Iowa Gold Star Museum Johnston
KANSAS National World War Museum Kansas City
KENTUCKY Patton Museum of Cavalry & Armor Fort Knox
National Guard History Museum Frankfort
LOUISIANA National D-Day Museum New Orleans
National World War II Museum New Orleans
MAINE Maine Military Museum South Portland
MARYLAND Jewish Museum of Maryland Baltimore
U.S. Army Ordnance Museum Aberdeen
Fort George G. Meade Museum Fort George G. Meade
Patuxent River Naval Air Lexington Park
MASSACHUSETTS
Museum of World War II Boston
MICHIGAN Museum of Military Transport Hale
Yankee Air Museum Belleville
MINNESOTA Fort Snelling Military Fort Snelling
MISSISSIPPI Camp Van Dorn WWII Centreville
Armed Forces Museum Camp Shelby
MISSOURI Harry Truman Museum Independence
National Military Heritage St. Joseph
US Army Chemical Corps Ft. Leonard Wood
MONTANA Rocky Mountain Museum Missoula
NEBRASKA Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles Lexington
World War II Museum Greenwood
NEVADA Nevada State Museum Reno
NEW HAMPSHIRE Wright Museum Wolfeboro
NEW JERSEY Jewish Museum of New Jersey Newark
New Jersey Naval Museum Hackensack
NEW MEXICO War Eagles Air Museum Santa Teresa
NEW YORK Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Museum Hyde Park
New York State Military Museum Saratoga Springs
West Point Museum West Point
American Airpower Museum Farmingdale
NORTH CAROLINA 82nd Airborne Division Museum Fort Bragg
NORTH DAKOTA Dakota Territory Air Museum Minot
Fargo Air Museum Minot
OHIO Motts Military Museum Groveport
National Museum of the US Air Force Dayton
OKLAHOMA 45th Infantry Division Museum Oklahoma City
USS Batfish War Memorial Muskogee
OREGON Tillamook Air Museum Tillamook
PENNSYLVANIA Eldred World War II Museum Eldred
US Army Heritage Museum Carlisle
Pennsylvania Military Museum Boalsburg
RHODE ISLAND US Naval War College Museum Newport
World War 2 Facts: Rhode Island is the only state that still designates Victory Day as a legal holiday.
SOUTH CAROLINA Warsaw Museum Columbia
SOUTH DAKOTA National Guard Museum Pierre
TENNESSEE World War II Remembrance Museum Huntsville
Museum of Aviation Sevierville
TEXAS National Museum of the Pacific War Fredericksburg
American Airpower Heritage Museum Odessa
US Armed Forces Museum Houston
Texas Military Forces Museum Austin
Silent Wings Museum Lubbock
Museum of the American GI College Station
UTAH Veterans Memorial Park Cedar City
Fort Douglas Military Museum Salt Lake City
VERMONT National Guard Museum Colchester
VIRGINIA George C. Marshall Museum Lexington
AAF Tank Museum Danville
Virginia Holocaust Museum Richmond
Virginia War Museum Newport News
WASHINGTON Naval Undersea Museum Keyport
WEST VIRGINIA Mountaineer Military Museum Weston
WISCONSIN Military Veterans Museum Oshkosh
WYOMING Veterans Memorial Museum Casper
World War II POW Camp Douglas
Flag raising at Iwo Jima
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