Military Museums & Historical Sights

European Tourist Guide have found a lot of interesting museums and tourist sights that looks at the military history of Europe. At these museums you will find tanks, guns, canons, uniforms, weapons, bunkers, fortresses and other military stuff. In this section you will find the more general military museums. If you focus in on World War II, then please look at our World War II section. Warships are in the Maritime section 
 

Western Europe

Austria   
Museum of Military History
- Vienna
  Bunker Museum Wurzenpass/Carinthia
- Cold war
- Villach
    
Belgium
North - West  
Hill 60 - Queen Victoria Rifles Museum
- A part of the Ieper City Guide
- Zillebeke - Ieper
- World War I & Military Museum 
Hill 62 - Sanctuary Wood Museum
- A part of the Ieper City Guide
- Zillebeke - Ieper
- World War I & Military Museum 
In Flanders Fields Museum
- A part of the Ieper City Guide
- Ieper
- World War I & Military Museum 
Museum "Hooge Crater" 1914-1918
- Zillebeke - Ieper
- World War I
Memorial Museum 1914-1918 
- Ieper 
- World War I
Brussels  
Royal Army Museum  
- Brussels
    Battle of Waterloo  
  The Lion Mound
- Read more about the Battle of Waterloo
- Waterloo 
 
  Visitor's Centre
- Read more about the Battle of Waterloo
- Waterloo
 
  Wellington Museum   
- Read more about the Battle of Waterloo
- Waterloo
 
  Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo
- Read more about the Battle of Waterloo
- Waterloo
 
South - East  
Museum of Arms
- Liége
  Citadel Dinant - Weapons Museum
- Dinant
  Citadel Namur - 3rd Lancer Museum  
- Namur
    
Cyprus
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Denmark   
 

Jutland

 
Aalborg Defense- & Garrison Museum
- Aalborg - N
  Bunker Museum Vandel
- German airfield + Danish Bunker 
- Vandel - Billund - Vejle - S
Varde Artillery Museum
- A part of Varde Museum
- Varde - S
Historical Center Dybøl Embankment "1864"
- Dybøl - Sønderborg - S
Sønderborg Castle 
- A part of Museum Sonderjylland
- Sønderborg - S
- World War II museum, Building and Toy museum
Home Guard Museum
- Frøslev - Padborg - S
UN Forces Museum
- Frøselv - Padborg - S
 

Rest of Denmark

 
  Langeland Fortress 
 - a part of Langeland Museum  
- Cold War" Museum
- Bagenkop - Langeland - Funen 
Tøjhusmuseet - Danish Defence Museum
- Copenhagen 
  Middelgrund Fortress
- Copenhagen
Bornholms Defence Museum
- Rønne - Bornholm
   
Finland  
Tank Museum
- Parola - Hämeenlinna  
  Artillery Museum
- Hämeenlinna 
  Suomenlinna Sea Fortress
- Suomenlinna - Helsinki
 
  Military Museum 
- Helsinki
  Museum of Civil Defence 
- Helsinki
 
  Salpa Line Museum
- Read more on local guide
- Miehikkälä
 
  Salpalinja Fortification
- Read more on local guide
- Luumäki
 
  Virolahti Bunker Museum
- Virolahti
 
  Luumäki Fortress & Local History Museum
- Read more on local guide
- Taavetti
 
Museum of Military Medicin
- Lahti
  Cavalry Museum
- Read more on local guide
- Lappeenranta
 
  South Karelian Lotta Svärd Museum
- Read more on local guide
- Lappeenranta
 
  Border Museum
- Read more on local guide
- Imatra
 
  Finnish Anti-Aircraft Museum
- Tuusula
 
   
France
Fortress Schoenenbourg - Maginot Line
- Hunspach - Hatten - Strasbourg - NE
- World War II & Military museum 
French Army Museum
- Paris
Panser Museum - Musée des Blindés
- Saumur - M  
X Artillery Museum of Draguignan
- Draguignan
 
  Museum of the Paratroopers 
- Pau - Bordeaux
 
   
Germany
North - West  
  Fort Kugelbake
- Read more on local Guide & here
- Cuxhaven - Bremerhaven
 
Panzer (Tank) Museum Munster
- Munster - Uelzen - Bremen
Middle - West  
  Museum of Arms
- Suhl - Erfurt
  Defence Technology Museum
- Read more on Koblez city site
- Koblenz
East  
Fortress Königstein
- Königstein -Pirana - Dresden
  Military Historical Museum
- A part of MGFA

- Dresden
  Military & Bunker Museum
- Kossa - Leipzig
South  
  1st Armored Division Museum
- World War II & Military Museum 
- Baumholder - Trier
 
Museum of Military History
- Stammheim am Main - Volkach - Würzburg
  Bunker Museum - Stasi
- A part of
Waldhotel Rennsteighöhe
- Frauenwald - Bayreuth
Culture and Military Museum
- Grafenwöhr - Bayreuth

 

Museum for Historical Military Vehicles
- Laberweinting - Grafentraubach - Regensburg
  Rottau Military Museum
- Rottau - Pocking
- Regensburg
   
Gibraltar  

Gibraltar Museum - 100-ton Gun Batteries
- Gibraltar
   
Greece

War Museum of Athens
- A part of Greek Ministry of Culture
- Athens
  Museum of the Military Cadet Academy
- A part of the Greek Army
- Athens
 
  Hellenic Army "ALSOS" Museum
- A part of the Greek Army
- Athens
 
  Artillery Museum
- A part of the Greek Army
- Nea Peramos - Athens
 
  Tank Museum
- A part of the Greek Army
- Avlon - Athens
 
  Engineers Museum
- A part of the Greek Army
- Loutraki
 
  Infantry Museum
- A part of the Greek Army
- Halkis
 
 
Iceland

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Ireland (Republic of)

 

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Italy
  Marmolada Museum of the Great War
- Read more on local guide
- Rocca Pietore - Bolzano - N
- World War I & Military museum
 
Historical Museum
- Trento - Bolzano - N
- Modern History & Military museum
  National Artillery Museum
- Torino - N
 
  Museum Nicolis
- Villafranca di Verona - Verona - N

 

Aviation Museum of Rimini - Parco Tematico dell'Aviazione
- Rimini - NE
 
Luxemburg
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Malta
National War Museum 
- Fort St Elmo - Valletta
  Palace Armory
- Valletta
 
  Armory in Gozo
- Victoria
 
  Fort Ricasoli
- Read more on Visit Malta
- Valletta
 
  Fort Rinella & the 100 ton gun Museum
- A part of F.W.A.
- Kalkara
  Fort Mosta
- Read more on Visit Malta
-
Mosta
- Military Museum
 
  Fort St. Angelo
- Read more on Visit Malta
-
Vittoriosa
 
  Fort St. Lucian
- Read more on Visit Malta
- Marsaxlokk
 
 
Nederland (Holland)

 

North - Amsterdam

 
Military strong-point at Erfgoed
- Amersfoort
Defence line of Amsterdam
- Amsterdam
Netherlands Fortress Museum
- Naarden - Amsterdam
- Military Museum & Building
 

South

 
  Nederland Artillery Museum
- He 't Harde - Apeldoorn
Marshall Museum
- World War II - Museum
- Overloon - Nijmegen - Arnhem 
National War and Resistance Museum  
- World War II museum
 - Overloon - Nijmegen
  Museum Brigade en Guards Regiment Princess Irene
- Oirschot - Eindhoven
 
X Museum ’t Schilderhuis
- Driebergen
 
Army & Weapon museum "Leger"
- Delft - den Haag
  Dutch Coastal Defense Museum & Fort
- Hook van Holland - den Haag 
 
 
Norway

Military Museums in Norway
- By the Ministry of Defence
  Norwegian Defence Museum
- Oslo
  Evjemoen Defence Museum
- a part of Setesdal Museum
- Rysstad - Kristiansand - S
 
Portugal
Military Museum
- Lisbon
  Museum Angra do Heroísmo
- Angra do Heroísmo - Islands - Azores
- Military, Transport & Local History Museum
 
Spain
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Sweden
 

North

 
  Armoured Museum
- Boden
  Military Museum
- Boden
  Rödsberg Fortress
- Boden
Jämtlands Aircraft & Women's Voluntary Defense Force Museum
- Optands Airport - Östersund
 

Stockholm - Middle

 
Panser Museum
- Strängnäs
- Eskildstuna
Army Museum 
- A part of Swedish Defence Museums
- Stockholm
 

South

 
  Bohuslän Defence Museum
- Uddevalla
A6 War Museum
- Jönköping
Military Defence Museum
- Viken - Helsingborg
 
Switzerland
  Old Arsenal Museum
-  Solothurn - Bern
Swiss Army Museum
- Thun - Bern
  Château de Morges - Military Museum
- Morges - Lusanne - W
Fortress & Military Museum "Reuenthal"
- Reuenthal - Zürich - E
  Military Historical Museum of Zug
- Oberwil - Zug - Zürich - E
Swiss Military Museum
- Full - Zürich - E
  Military Museum of Luzern
- Kriens - Luzern - E
  
United Kingdom -  UK

Scotland  
National War Museum of Scotland
- Edinburgh
Scotland's Secret Bunker 
- Fife - Cupar
England - North  
  Manx Military and Aviation Museum
- Castletown Airport - Douglas - Isle of Man - N
 
Military Vehicle Museum
- Newcastle - N
Eden Camp - Modern History Theme Museum
- Malton - York - N
Royal Armouries - Leeds Museum
- Leeds - N
England - Middle