Posted on Jun 23, 2025
Fort Carson's Museum Slated for Potential Closure
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The 4th Infantry Division Museum outside Fort Carson's gate 1 is slated for closure as the Army Museum Enterprise shutters museums nationally.
The enterprise is expected to close museums at other bases, including Fort Bliss in Texas, Fort Knox in Kentucky and Fort Drum in New York, among others according to a list obtained by Task and Purpose.
The enterprise is expected to close museums at other bases, including Fort Bliss in Texas, Fort Knox in Kentucky and Fort Drum in New York, among others according to a list obtained by Task and Purpose.
Fort Carson's Museum Slated for Potential Closure
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Museums
Fort Carson
Leadership
Posted 6 mo ago
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This is a troubling development, and we - in some measure - are to blame. There's a lot of talk about losing our history or it being "erased"... and yet - we don't honor it when it's right there in the community. This museum at Carson - was only open 2 days a week due to lack of patronage. I volunteer at a small military museum in my area - with similar issues. BL -- preserving our history... is up to US. All of us.
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I worked for the Center of Military History at the Museum Support Center in Anniston, Alabama in 2016-2017.
The museums have a hard time with getting visitors to come, they can't even get the units to visit and see their heritage.
When I was at Ft. Ord, I didn't even know where the museum was for the first two years I was there. Sadly, our unit never went there and I donated stuff from Panama to it. They displayed very little of any thing brought back from there.
If Soldiers don't want to see their legacy, why would you expect visitors to want to.
The museums have a hard time with getting visitors to come, they can't even get the units to visit and see their heritage.
When I was at Ft. Ord, I didn't even know where the museum was for the first two years I was there. Sadly, our unit never went there and I donated stuff from Panama to it. They displayed very little of any thing brought back from there.
If Soldiers don't want to see their legacy, why would you expect visitors to want to.
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It's "old school" but battalion CSMs & company 1SGs should support this. They could ask Qs on the local promotion boards, that could only be answered by Soldiers going to the museum. Having said that - are E4 and E5 boards even held at battalion level anymore?
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LTC Trent Klug
COL (Join to see) On active duty, I believe so. In the Guard, at least in Oregon, no.
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This is a shame.
Campbell had a smaller museum on post, probably saw it 5 or 6 times, for a while it was a mandatory appt when you in-processed (not a bad idea for those new to the 101st).
When I was in the Q, the SF museum was about the size of a museum gift shop.
Campbell had a smaller museum on post, probably saw it 5 or 6 times, for a while it was a mandatory appt when you in-processed (not a bad idea for those new to the 101st).
When I was in the Q, the SF museum was about the size of a museum gift shop.
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