Military Veterans Museum &

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Education Center

Honoring our Nation’s military history through education and preservation
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Our Story

Our organization began with a shared dream of 5 WWII veterans. This group of men dreamed of the day there would be a museum in the East-Central part of Wisconsin dedicated to telling the stories of our Honored Veterans.

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LATEST UPDATES AND NEWS

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  • Are you coming to EAA AirVenture this year? We will be open every day starting July 11 through July 27 10AM to 5PM. For those of you come in the week before to set up your camping location, consider coming in! We are fully air conditioned!
  • We are currently in the middle of our annual dog tag fundraising campaign. Local bars who have been willing to help us with this are selling paper dog tags as presented in the picture to the left and hanging them on the walls. Dog tags are a dollar apiece. If you are at a bar in Appleton, Neenah, Menasha, Oshkosh of Fond Du Lac and see these dog tags on the wall, consider supporting us by buying one. Many thanks to those who support us by either buying a dog tag or having the fundraiser at their bar! Dog tags are also available at the museum.
  • We are going back to our Summer Hours! 10AM to 5PM Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 
  • We also have a YouTube Channel! It includes Veterans stories and our Artifact Minutes. Check it out here! Be sure to “like”, subscribe, and hit the bell so you receive notifications of new videos!
  • MVMEC has just published a new book telling the stories of its history and of several of the artifacts on display. It is available @ Amazon through the link below and is also available in our gift shop. Click Here to see it on Amazon.
  • Many of our visitors ask what happened to the T34-85 Tank we used to have on display. We have an article on the tank on page 5 of our Winter 2022 Newsletter. Click here to see the Newsletter.
  • And, as always, Private Tours are available year round. Call Stu Tribbey (920) 379-1180 or tribbey70@gmail.com to schedule a visit.
  • Our Motor Pool area can be set up with tables and chairs for group meetings or other events like birthday parties. Interested? Contact Stu Tribbey at the above phone number or email. 

member and visitor comments

Thomas Comens
 
I was impressed by all the military artifacts and information in the building. The volunteers who greeted us were very friendly. And more than willing to answer questions. I recommend this place to anyone interested in military history. I’ve already decided this is one place I will be going back to.
Stephanie Heinritz
 
Someone recommended this museum while we would be in Oshkosh to visit the EAA museum. From the outside, it may not appear to be much, but WOW, were we surprised! Stu greeted us and gave us an overview of what was where in the museum, and then we were off to explore. There’s uniforms and artifacts from different eras, excellent videos, but the best is the giant garage with MANY military vehicles. There are quite a few you can get in to, sit in, pretend, etc. Very kid friendly. Uniforms they can wear while in the museum. Everyone was VERY friendly. When we went, it was only open Fri-Sun. Admission is free, but donations accepted. Don’t sleep on it – highly recommend!
 
Debbie Krajnovich  
I thought it was great and very educational. I did not realize that there was going to be somebody explaining every exhibit on display which was kind of neat otherwise we would have just walked past the exhibits and not realized exactly anything about what went on at period of time.
 
There was a lot more here than I thought. The staff are very knowledgeable and friendly. The amount of vehicles they have that you can see up close and personal and even the weapons was very impressive.
Mandy Petri
 
This is an amazing place to learn about all the wars. It’s so important to keep this knowledge alive. Ted was so incredibly informative and loved that our kids came along. He made us all feel very welcome