Sometime ago I had a chance to visit the Colmar Pocket Museum and the Audie Murphy Memorial site while on vacation. Forgot to post pics here.
The Colmar Pocket Museum started with a young boy picking up artifacts in the area and then snowballed from there. Presently housed in the wine cellar of an old, large Manor House, the museum is looking to move to a new facility in the near future. The quality and quantity of the artifacts, and the high quality of the presentations, made this an amazing (and unexpected last-minute) visit. My pictures don't capture everything, like no pic of the video display, and they certainly don't capture the feel of the place.
Also visited the Audie Murphy Memorial, here is the plaque and a view of the field where he held off the German attack.
Colmar Pocket Museum and Memorial Site visit
Colmar Pocket Museum and Memorial Site visit
Last edited by billk on Sat Mar 26, 2022 6:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Interesting stuff! Cheers for sharing billk
For anyone interested, here's the museum's webpage;
https://musee.turckheim-alsace.com/en/
and a collection of other things in the area
https://europeremembers.com/destination ... turckheim/
For anyone interested, here's the museum's webpage;
https://musee.turckheim-alsace.com/en/
and a collection of other things in the area
https://europeremembers.com/destination ... turckheim/
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Brilliant stuff- always good to see museum pictures
Re: Colmar Pocket Museum and Memorial Site visit
some really good kit on show there , always good to see it in the flesh
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Excellent Bill,
I must organise a visit !
cheers
Matt
I must organise a visit !
cheers
Matt
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@Matt, if you do go, make certain to drive 15mins down the road to the pair of hilltops, and the two towns they overlook, where the Germans and Americans/French fought each other so bitterly. There is a French cemetary on one of the hilltops. Also, there is a local woman who is an absolutely excellent guide... she really, really knows the military history of the area. Driving down the road she can point-out every overgrown pillbox and strongpoint, and most of the time she knows about the battles that took place around the spot. (Her husband is a historian associated with the Colmar Pocket museum and I know she contracts with Viking Cruise lines.)
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Thanks for the tip mate, I do like to get recommendations for guidesbillk wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 12:13 pm @Matt, if you do go, make certain to drive 15mins down the road to the pair of hilltops, and the two towns they overlook, where the Germans and Americans/French fought each other so bitterly. There is a French cemetary on one of the hilltops. Also, there is a local woman who is an absolutely excellent guide... she really, really knows the military history of the area. Driving down the road she can point-out every overgrown pillbox and strongpoint, and most of the time she knows about the battles that took place around the spot. (Her husband is a historian associated with the Colmar Pocket museum and I know she contracts with Viking Cruise lines.)
cheers
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