General George Patton Museum of Leadership

The General George Patton Museum of Leadership is a museum in Fort Knox, Kentucky, dedicated to the memory of General George S. Patton, Jr., and his role as a leader from World War I to the present day. The museum is administered by the U.S. Army Cadet Command, Fort Knox and the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.

History

The present building was originally constructed between 1972 and 1992 for the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor without cost to the U.S. Government by the Cavalry-Armor Foundation, now called the Patton Museum Foundation.

As of September 7, 2010, the building houses the newly established "General George Patton Museum of Leadership".

Exhibits

The museum includes a number of Patton's personal effects, dating from his childhood until the end of World War II, including his office van and touring car.

The gift store sells two sizes of miniature replicas of gold bars from the nearby gold depository.

The museum, as the Patton Museum, had many tank exhibits, but these accompanied the move of the Armor school to Fort Benning and are now located at the National Armor and Cavalry Museum, Georgia.

References

Associated Press (September 28, 2012). "Museum at Fort Knox getting updated". Lexington Herald Leader. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
"Patton Museum in the midst of change". WDRB. October 12, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
"Fort Knox reduces hours, closes main exhibit at Patton Museum for renovations". Fox News. November 2, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
Dube, Ron (June 23, 1991). "Museum shows there's more than gold at Fort Knox". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 July 2016.

External links

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United States Army history museums

Organization and history	National Guard Memorial Museum (Washington, DC) National Museum of the United States Army

Branches (official)	U.S. Army Aviation Museum U.S. Cavalry Museum U.S. Army Chaplain Museum Harbor Defense Museum National Infantry Museum U.S. Army Intelligence Museum U.S. Army Medical Department Museum Army Medical Museum and Library (succeeded by the National Museum of Health and Medicine) U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum U.S. Army Transportation Museum U.S. Army Women's Museum

Post and unit museums	1st Infantry Division Museum 82nd Airborne Division Museum Pratt Museum (101st Airborne Division) Fort George G. Meade Museum Fort Huachuca Museum Fort Lewis Military Museum General George Patton Museum (Fort Knox, KY) Watervliet Arsenal Museum West Point Museum

State and private museums (affiliated with the Army Museum System)	Airborne & Special Operations Museum California State Military Museum Iowa Gold Star Military Museum Jackson Barracks Military Museum Kentucky Military History Museum Mississippi Armed Forces Museum National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey Oregon Military Museum Washington National Guard Museum

State and private (not affiliated with the Army Museum System)	African American Military History Museum General George S. Patton Memorial Museum Fort MacArthur Museum

Regional history	U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii

Other	Army Art Program Army Heritage Center Foundation Army Heritage and Education Center U.S. Army Center of Military History Military history of the United States Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum

Museums in Kentucky

Art	Kentucky Folk Art Center Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Museum of the American Quilter's Society Speed Art Museum University of Kentucky Art Museum

Aviation	Aviation Museum of Kentucky

Biographical	Bill Monroe Museum General George Patton Museum of Leadership Muhammad Ali Center Rosemary Clooney Museum U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum

History	Adsmore Ashland Bardstown Historical Museum Barthell Coal Mining Camp Big Sandy Heritage Center Blue Heron Coal Mining Camp Bluegrass Heritage Museum Civil War Museum Coal Miners' Museum David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum Federal Hill F.M. Stafford House Frazier History Museum Harland Sanders Café and Museum Highlands Museum and Discovery Center Historic Locust Grove Hunt-Morgan House James A. Ramage Civil War Museum Kentucky Coal Mining Museum Lexington History Center Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museum Mary Todd Lincoln House McCreary County Museum Mountain Homeplace Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History Portland Museum Riverside, The Farnsley-Moremen Landing Samuel May House Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History Thomas Edison House

Rail	Bluegrass Railroad and Museum Elkhorn City Railroad Museum The Historic Railpark and Train Museum Kentucky Railway Museum Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati

Religious	Creation Museum Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill Shaker Museum at South Union

Science & technology	East Kentucky Science Center Kentucky Science Center Kentucky River Museum National Corvette Museum

Sports	Kentucky Derby Museum Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory

Miscellaneous	Callahan Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind Cumberland Inn Museum International Bluegrass Music Museum Garrard County Jail Museum Vent Haven Museum

Coordinates: 37°53′47″N 85°58′27″W / 37.8965°N 85.9742°W / 37.8965; -85.9742

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General George Patton Museum of Leadership

History

Exhibits

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References

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