National Military Vehicle Museum, Military vehicle museum in Edinburgh, South Australia.
The National Military Vehicle Museum displays military vehicles ranging from World War I to contemporary times in a former defence facility. The collection includes tanks, trucks, jeeps, and specialist vehicles arranged across an outdoor area and within hangars.
The museum was founded in August 1993 and first opened in Port Adelaide. It later moved to a group of World War II-era buildings within the Defence precinct of Edinburgh Parks, formerly part of the No.2 Explosives and Filling Factory. Those structures date from the same period as many of the exhibits.
The museum is run by volunteers of the Military Vehicle Preservation Society of South Australia, and most vehicles belong to members rather than the institution. That is why so many are kept road-registered and driven in the Anzac Day march, the Clipsal 500 and Christmas pageants. The society's monthly magazine is called Olive Drab.
The museum occupies a group of historic World War II-era buildings inside the Defence precinct of Edinburgh Parks, north of Adelaide. Volunteers from the Military Vehicle Preservation Society run it, so it is worth confirming opening arrangements before travelling. Much of the collection sits in and around the former explosives factory structures, and members can explain the site's wartime layout.
Many vehicles in the collection remain operational and registered, and are regularly driven to demonstrations and parade events throughout the region. These running exhibits show machines that function rather than simply sitting on display.
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