Motts Military Museum

The museum was founded in 1987 by Warren E. Motts in his family home.{{cite news |last1=Zimmer |first1=Daisy |title=Ohio Military Museum Plans for Major Expansion |url=http://www.dvidshub.net/news/362328/ohio-military-museum-plans-major-expansion |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=DVIDS |date=8 February 2020}}{{cite web |title=About Motts |url=http://www.mottsmilitarymuseuminc.com/about-motts |website=Motts Military Museum |access-date=12 September 2023}} However, by 1995, the museum announced plans to move to a new location with a {{convert|3,500|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} building.{{cite news |last1=Hanasky |first1=Garry |title=Area Man Begins Collection with $1 |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/295034487 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Lancaster Eagle-Gazette |date=12 November 1995 |page=B6}}

After initially attempting to purchase and move Eddie Rickenbacker's Home to the museum in 1996, the museum constructed a replica four years later.{{cite news |title=Replica Built of Home of World War I Flying Ace |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/286167117 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Times Recorder |agency=AP |date=11 June 2000 |page=5A}} The same year, the museum received an M47 Patton tank from Arnold Schwarzenegger.{{cite news |title=Actor Donates Piece of His Military History |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/860154244 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Columbus Ledger-Enquirer |date=3 March 2003 |page=A2}}{{cite news |last1=Canfield |first1=Ken |title=Motts Museum Ohio's Best-Kept Military Secret |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/410606925 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Dayton Daily News |date=24 August 2003 |page=K1}} The museum broke ground on a {{convert|5,200|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} expansion in 2001 and completed it in 2006.

In 2012, the museum acquired a fire truck that was damaged in the September 11th attacks.{{cite news |last1=Barron |first1=Jeff |title=Motts prepping for 9/11 museum |url=http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/story/news/local/2016/09/10/motts-prepping-911-museum/89666658 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Lancaster Eagle Gazette |date=10 September 2016}} It received funding from the state to build a shelter for its landing craft in 2015.{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Alan |title=DeWine Grant Goes for Landing Craft Shelter |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/452891155 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Springfield News-Sun |date=5 July 2015}}

Exhibits include the Ohio Military Hall of Fame, the Ohio Mobile Vietnam Memorial wall and the Vietnam War Dog Team Memorial.{{cite web |title=Motts Museum Exhibit |url=http://www.ohioheroes.org/about/motts.htm |website=Ohio Military Hall of Fame |access-date=12 September 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Saunders |first1=Hollie |title=Monument Will Honor Ohio Veterans |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/297102533/ |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Lancaster Eagle-Gazette |date=18 October 2004 |page=3A}}{{cite news |last1=Arnold |first1=Joe |title=More Than a Monument |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/297393171 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Lancaster Eagle-Gazette |date=11 November 2009 |pages=1A-2A}}{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Kurt |title=Inmates Complete Memorial |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/296104483 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Marion Star |date=10 November 2005 |page=1A}}{{cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Ken |title=Memorial Honors Dogs that Served in Vietnam |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/606437019 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Journal-News |date=1 October 2019}}

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• Bell AH-1F Cobra{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Bell AH-1F Cobra, s/n 67-15480 US, c/n 20144 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=42955 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=12 September 2023}}
• Bell UH-1 Iroquois{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Bell UH-1 Iroquois, s/n 66-17048 US, c/n 9242 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=16493 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=12 September 2023}}
• Douglas R4D-7{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Douglas R4D-7, s/n 99838 USN, c/n 16468, c/r N2312G |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=52909 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=12 September 2023}}
• Hughes OH-6A Cayuse{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Hughes OH-6A Cayuse, s/n 69-15990 US, c/n 1360, c/r N6186Y |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=29274 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=12 September 2023}}{{cite web |title=ZIT |url=http://www.usastruck.com/2012/05/06/zit |website=My Vietnam Experience |access-date=12 September 2023 |date=6 May 2012}}{{cite news |title=Shaffer's Vietnam Helicopter Dedicated at Military Museum |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/655691572 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=The Journal-News |date=14 June 2012 |page=1}}
• LTV A-7 Corsair II{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Vought A-7 Corsair II, s/n 73-1006 USAF, c/n D-402 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=40375 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=12 September 2023}}

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• Ambulance{{cite news |title=Army ambulance restored for Motts Military Museum |url=http://www.columbusmessenger.com/army-ambulance-restored-for-motts-military-museum.html |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Columbus Messenger |date=20 February 2023}}
• M47 Patton

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• Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel – post-World War II{{cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=David D. |title=Surviving American Post-World War Two Wooden LCVPs |url=http://www.usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/Landing%20Craft/lcvp-post-WWII-American-lcvp.htm |website=The American Automobile Industry in World War Two |access-date=12 September 2023 |date=5 July 2021}}

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• Indiana Military Museum
• Ronald E. Rosser – member of the advisory board
• Russell Military Museum

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• {{Official website|http://www.mottsmilitarymuseuminc.com}}

Category:Military and war museums in Ohio

Category:Museums in Franklin County, Ohio