National Infantry Museum, Military museum in Columbus, United States

The National Infantry Museum is a military museum in Columbus that displays collections of weapons, uniforms, and personal items from soldiers across different periods of American military history. The exhibitions span multiple galleries and cover periods from the American Revolution through modern conflicts.

The museum opened in 2009 near Fort Benning with the goal of preserving and presenting the history of American infantry in one location. Its founding reflected the desire to document the experiences and achievements of infantrymen across centuries of warfare.

The museum's core values—loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage—are woven into its galleries. Outside, Inouye Parade Field was sprinkled with soil from Yorktown, Antietam, Soissons, Normandy, Corregidor, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, and its 2,100-seat stadium hosts Army trainee graduations open to the public.

The museum has multiple galleries across different levels, so plan time to explore and use the information displays to guide yourself through the space. The exhibitions are well-labeled, but reading through all the details can take several hours.

Inouye Field, next to the museum, is sprinkled with soil collected from the battlegrounds of Yorktown, Antietam, Soissons, Normandy, Corregidor, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. The 2,100-seat stadium there hosts Army trainee graduations that are open to the public.