National Vietnam Veterans Museum

National Vietnam Veterans Museum
Established 1996
Location 25 Veterans Drive, Newhaven, Victoria, Australia
Type Veterans Museum
Website https://www.vietnamvetsmuseum.org/

The National Vietnam Veterans Museum is an Australian war museum located in Phillip Island, Victoria. Originally it was established in San Remo, Victoria in 1996 by Vietnam veteran John Methven.[1] In March 2007 it moved to a larger site near the Phillip Island Airport. The museum contains a large collection of items and vehicles, including a Centurion tank, a Mark V International Harvester truck and a 105mm pack howitzer. It also has a collection of aircraft from the era of the Vietnam war, including a de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou transport plane, an English Electric Canberra bomber, a Westland Wessex helicopter, a Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter gunship, Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter, a Bell H-13 Sioux helicopter and a Grumman S-2 Tracker anti-submarine warfare aircraft.[2]

References

  1. ↑ National Vietnam Veterans Museum Retrieved September 21, 2016
  2. ↑ National Vietnam Veterans Museum - Aircraft restoration Retrieved September 20, 2016

Coordinates: 38°31′15″S 145°19′28″E / 38.5207°S 145.3245°E / -38.5207; 145.3245

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