M20CW - Museum of 20th Century Warfare

M20CW - Museum of 20th Century Warfare We are an all volunteer museum. We are open weekends 10 to 4 in early spring and fall and 10 to 6 during the summer.

Our weekday hours are dependent on available volunteer time. Located in the Historic Camp Glenn Area in Fort Harrison State Park. We are right across from the horse stables in building 711. The main museum building will be open from the first weekend in March to the weekend or just after Veteran's Day. Our Battle of the Bulge display will be open mid December through mid January in one of the nearby rental buildings (701). The Battle of the Bulge re-enactment is the first weekend in January.

Just got the 5th lecture, The 99th ID at the Battle of the Bulge, uploaded to Youtube.  Chris had to do double duty so w...
01/19/2025

Just got the 5th lecture, The 99th ID at the Battle of the Bulge, uploaded to Youtube. Chris had to do double duty so we've added a caption line at the bottom so you know which "commander" is speaking.

This was our 5th presentation for our 2024-25 Battle of the Bulge Lecture series presented at our museum home in Fort Harrison State Park, Indianapolis, IN/ ...

01/18/2025
We will be getting our January 4th Bulge public tactical photos from Mike O. tommorrow.  But here are a few of his he se...
01/16/2025

We will be getting our January 4th Bulge public tactical photos from Mike O. tommorrow. But here are a few of his he sent us to tease you with. We'll try to get the majority of his posted Saturday evening or Sunday.
Oh, if you participated in this-you might be interested to know the German reenactors got the highest tactical points 73 to the US 50. Points are earned by achieving objectives, taking prisoners, reporting to aid stations and correctly reading or using maps.

January 16, 1945 --It was one of the coldest in European history (sort of like it is in Indiana now).
01/16/2025

January 16, 1945 --It was one of the coldest in European history (sort of like it is in Indiana now).

  On this Day in 1991-
01/16/2025

On this Day in 1991-

Today, we remember the start of the First Gulf War and honor the courage and dedication of the service members who answered the call to defend freedom.

This is just a tad short of the 20th Century conflict that we focus but the Spanish-American war is included when we hav...
01/16/2025

This is just a tad short of the 20th Century conflict that we focus but the Spanish-American war is included when we have our Soldiers Thru Time event the first weekend of May.

We just uploaded our lecture on the battle of Verdenne from last weekend to Youtube.  It runs about 24 minutes.This week...
01/16/2025

We just uploaded our lecture on the battle of Verdenne from last weekend to Youtube. It runs about 24 minutes.
This weekend's will be on the fighting of 99th Infantry Division. Lecture begins at 1 PM in the conference room of the Fort Harrison State Park Visitors Center. Our Battle of the Bulge display in building 701 in the Camp Glenn area of the park will be open from noon to 4 PM this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

This was our 4th lecture of our 2024-25 Battle of the Bulge lecture series.It is presented as after action reports from the viewpoint of the opposing command...

If you're free Thurs Jan 16 at 2 PM you might want to join this livestream.(Note: You need to register with the link in ...
01/15/2025

If you're free Thurs Jan 16 at 2 PM you might want to join this livestream.
(Note: You need to register with the link in the original post.

There’s still time to join us for our next Livestreams: Learning From the Home Front:

The Battle of the Bulge: Eighty Years Later
Thursday,
January 16
2:00 pm

Join Virginia War Memorial Director of Education, Jim Triesler, as he discusses the Battle of the Bulge and reflects on the experiences of those who served in Belgium and Luxembourg during the bitter winter of 1944 - 1945.

Although free, register early for this ONLINE ONLY event: https://bit.ly/3ZxOrE6

" Battle for the Twin Villlages" was the 2nd of our 2025 Battle of the Bulge lectures.  The "Twin Villages" were Rochera...
01/14/2025

" Battle for the Twin Villlages" was the 2nd of our 2025 Battle of the Bulge lectures. The "Twin Villages" were Rocherath & Krinkelt. Thank you to D.J & Chris for rereading the script for us.
We had to redub the audio for the video so the audio won't match their mouths as they read the script. But the graphics will match the timing of the script.
If you go to Youtube and search M20CW you will find many of our past videos of lectures and living history events.

This was our 2nd lecture of our 2024-25 Battle of the Bulge Lecture series.It is presented as after action reports from the viewpoints of the opposing comman...

This was our 3rd lecture (Battle for Dom Butenbach) from our Battle of the Bulge series.   Thank you to our new voluntee...
01/09/2025

This was our 3rd lecture (Battle for Dom Butenbach) from our Battle of the Bulge series. Thank you to our new volunteer Nicholas for reading the US commanders part. When you watch it be sure to subscribe to our channel so you will know when we upload others.

This was the 3rd in our Battle of the Bulge lecture series. It is presented as After Action Reports from the opposing commanders read by our museum staff vol...

May he rest in peace.
01/09/2025

May he rest in peace.

Today, we commemorate the National Day of Mourning to honor Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, who passed away December 29, 2024.

As a U.S. Navy officer, statesman, and humanitarian, President Carter demonstrated patriotic leadership and service throughout his 100 years of life.

Rest in Peace, President Carter. We wish you fair winds and following seas.

Reenactor registration is now open for our Ost (Eastern) Front event on March 1 at Ft. Harrison State Park.     The East...
01/07/2025

Reenactor registration is now open for our Ost (Eastern) Front event on March 1 at Ft. Harrison State Park.
The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in modern Germany and Ukraine, was a theatre of in World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland. It encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Southeast Europe (Balkans), and lasted from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945.

You are invited to participate in our 2025 Eastern/Ost Front public tactical to be held on Saturday, March 1 at Fort Harrison State Park, Indianapolis, IN. Please register individually and answer the question with the unit you are portraying. Participants involved in the simulated battles should be....

Many thanks to Britt for bringing out some of his unform collection to enhance our Battle of the Bulge display on Saturd...
01/07/2025

Many thanks to Britt for bringing out some of his unform collection to enhance our Battle of the Bulge display on Saturday. We plan on having it open again this Friday, Saturday & Sunday from noon to 4 PM (minus the uniforms).

For any one that missed our first lecture of our Battle of the Bulge series on Dec 14, here is the presentation covering...
01/07/2025

For any one that missed our first lecture of our Battle of the Bulge series on Dec 14, here is the presentation covering Small Unit Actions. We didn't get this recorded at the time so we've dubbed in the audio with the graphics used. (Chris presented it initally).

This is the first lecture of our 2024-25 Battle of the Bulge temporary display.There were many battles during the larger German Ardennes Offensive.Aside from...

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5753 Glenn Road, (for GPS Directions Use 5900 Post Road)
Indianapolis, IN
46216

Opening Hours

Thursday 10am - 2pm
Friday 10am - 2pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 6pm

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+14638002360

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