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The mission of the Ordnance Museum is to obtain historically important equipment. Among the pieces of equipment safeguarded and shown are a variety of weapons and documentations that are directly pertinent to US Army Ordnance Corps history. The Museum is also vested with the task of demonstrating how weaponry has changed over the years, and how specific pieces came into being.The many holdings of the museum can be dated back as far as Colonial Settlements... The Ordnance Museumfirst opened to the public in 1924. The first displays were to show off enemy equipment.Its original location was in Building 314 on the Aberdeen Proving Ground. The operation and maintenance of the Museum was under the responsibility of the US Army from its inception in 1919 until 1967. The location was ideal for access to the weaponry brough to APG for testing and development after WWI... It was in 1965 that the local community developed the tax-free Ordnance Museum foundation.The purpose was to make the..