Nationaal Militair Museum

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Nationaal Militair Museum (NMM)
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A Leopard 1V as a guard for the entrance
Nationaal Militair Museum
EstablishedDecember 11, 2014;9 years ago (2014-12-11)
Location Soesterberg, Netherlands
TypeMilitary museum
Collections Dutch Armed Forces
DirectorHedwig Saam
CuratorLouis Ph. Sloos (conservator collection)
Alfred Staarman (conservator airplanes)
Dirk Staat (conservator public history)
Mathieu Willemsen (conservator firearms)
Website https://www.nmm.nl/

The Nationaal Militair Museum (NMM) is a military museum in Soesterberg, Netherlands. It focuses on the history of the Dutch Armed Forces with emphasis on the Royal Netherlands Army and the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The Stichting Koninklijke Defensiemusea (Royal Defense Museums Foundation) oversees the museum. [1]

Its collection derives from the Legermuseum in Delft and the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum in Soesterberg, which were merged to form the NMM in 2014.[ citation needed ]

The museum occupies the site of the former Soesterberg Air Base.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Nationaal Militair Museum | Beleef militaire avonturen | Een stoer dagje uit". Nationaal Militair Museum.

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