Sullivan Museum & History Center at Norwich University

11/07/2025

Don't miss the Marine Corps 250th birthday observances at Norwich University on Monday, November 10!

Marine Corps Cake-Cutting Ceremony at 11:00am and "A Life of Service: Reflections from LtGen John and Mrs. Karen Broadmeadow," a Lunch and Learn program at 12:00pm in the Kreitzberg Library.

Lunch will be provided.

07/18/2025

Museum Mystery Object!
This Humpty-Dumpty figure was donated by Robert Guptill (NU '68) in 2015. It likely dates from c. 1930s - 1950s. Do you recognize it or have more information? Share in comments!

Did you know? The Sullivan Museum has an extensive collection of Norwich University paraphernalia, including several plush dolls.

06/26/2024

05/29/2024

Absolutely awesome!

Report from the North Pole:

"Earlier this year, the USS HAMPTON (SSN 767) conducted ICEX 2024, during which she participated in operation Ice Camp and POLEX, and surfaced through the ice at the geographic North Pole. CDR Michael Brown NU03’ (commanding officer) and ENS Moran Qiu NU22’ shown with the Norwich flag - the true representation of our mettle."
- ENS Moran Qiu NU22’

05/27/2024

Today we remember all those who fell protecting our freedoms and especially those who attended Norwich University. You are not forgotten.

05/10/2024

Recently the museum acquired a collection of objects from the National Air and Space Museum. We're excited to add these to the collection and present them to students, faculty, staff, researchers, and of course alumni.

Why these particular objects?

The identification models join a collection of the same, bringing the museum's collection into the 1950s. The Avro model represents an aircraft Norwich students and alumni from the World War I era would have known about. While it didn't serve in a combat role for long, as a trainer aircraft it served fledging air forces through the early 1930s.

The oxygen mask is something that the museum's collection lacked, but with as many pilots that Norwich University can claim as alumni from the early days of aircraft to present, we wanted something in the collection to better represent their achievements.

The U-Boat sextant joins a collection of other German technology in the collection captured during World War II by Allied forces and Norwich alumni. As a navigational aid, it represents an evolution in equipment and especially as underwater warfare was in its infancy.

The Sparrow III model represents a major leap in technology for air-to-air defense in the late 1950s onward. This is another example of an object that alumni from that era would have been familiar with, but we lacked in the collection.

And finally, the Improved Delta rocket represents one of the first rockets used by NASA to place satellites, probes, and other payload into orbit and beyond. With a renewed push to reach the moon in this decade and travel to Mars on the horizon, we know that Norwich alumni will be involved in the future of space travel; this is just the start of that collection.

We invite you to see these objects with the link below and over 10,000 more on our collections website.

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04/24/2024

Congratulations sir and welcome home!

Alan DeForest ’75, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Norwich University, proudly announces the unanimous decision to elect LtGen John Broadmeadow ’83, USMC (Retired), as the 25th President of Norwich University. LtGen Broadmeadow will officially transition from his Board of Trustees position to the presidential office on May 1, 2024, which will mark the first time in more than three decades that a Norwich alumnus will lead the school as its president.

“John Broadmeadow is the right person at the right time for Norwich,” said DeForest. “His exceptional combination of personal connection to Norwich, his work as a Board of Trustees member, and lifetime of continued service to the University uniquely positions him to step into the leadership role as the 25th president of Norwich University.”

“Ever since arriving in the Fall of 1979, Norwich, its ideals, and its people have been central to my personal and professional life,” explained Broadmeadow. “I am deeply honored that the Trustees have placed their faith in me to lead our University at this pivotal time. It is a special opportunity to use my background and skills to pay back all that Norwich has given me.”

Read more at https://bit.ly/3Weo7yF

04/14/2024

On this day in Vermont history: Harold "Doc" Martin is born in Boston in 1899. In 1916, he became the first African-American student admitted to Norwich University in Northfield, where he excelled in a variety of sports.

After his time at Norwich, he went on to teach at Miner Teachers College (now the University of the District of Columbia) before becoming the athletic director at Virginia Union University in 1921 and at Shaw University in 1924. During World War II, he became the director of the Ground School at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in 1943.

04/07/2024

One more day until the solar eclipse! Remember, looking at the sun is a bad idea and can do some serious harm to your eyes or worse. Here are some tips from NASA about safety:

How to Use Eclipse Glasses
1. Place the eclipse glasses over your eyes before looking toward the Sun, then look away from the Sun before removing the glasses.
2. You will not be able to see anything except the Sun through the eclipse glasses; they are not the same as regular sunglasses.
3. Eclipse glasses are only designed to be used over your eyes; do not combine them with a camera, binoculars, or telescope of any kind.

For more information and frequently asked questions, click the link below.

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and blocks the bright light of the Sun’s surface from view. The shadow of the Moon will fall in a small path on Earth’s surface, called the zone of totality.

04/06/2024

With eclipse on Monday there is a lot going on around the areas of totality. If you're in the Washington, D.C. area, Smithsonian Air & Space has some great programming you can check out!

Celebrate the solar eclipse with the Smithsonian and our partners, and enjoy a variety of hands-on activities.

02/09/2024

As we start to prepare for our exhibit on Vietnam, opening in August, we're asking our NU followers who served in any capacity in Vietnam to send us your dates of service, rank, and location(s). If you have friends from NU who served, but don't follow our page, please have them send us email at [email protected]. We're trying to compile as strong a list as possible of Vietnam War veterans to work into the exhibit. Thank you!

01/26/2024

The loss of GEN Gordon R. Sullivan, USA (Ret.) '59 is one that is deep and will be felt for a long time to come. Our colleagues at the Norwich University Peace & War Center are presenting a three part series of thoughts and memories about General Sullivan. Today's article is by the museum's director and last week's article can be found on the overall page for the Peace & War Center.

A Short Series