U.S. Cavalry Museum

The U.S. Cavalry Museum is a museum located on Fort Riley in Fort Riley, Kansas, United States.

The Museum Division is responsible for exhibiting and interpreting the history of Fort Riley from its establishment to the present, to include its various schools, major commands, and community life. To support post education, training, research, and historical programs. The museum will provide educational programs and services.

Exhibits

The museum covers this history of the U.S. Cavalry from the Revolutionary War until the end of the mounted era around 1950.^[1]^[2]

Visitor restrictions

The U. S. Cavalry Museum is located on the Fort Riley Military Post. In order to visit the museum you must pass through a security check point where you will be ask to show a photo id and a valid vehicle registration. In addition your vehicle MAY be searched. http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g38714-d1550474-r62800686-Fort_Riley-Fort_Riley_Kansas.html# .^[3]

References

↑ "Driving tour of Fort Reno (Stop". U.S. Army. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
↑ Stokes, Keith. "Kansas Travel: Fort Riley". Retrieved 2009-07-19.
↑ "Visitor Requirements". U.S. Army. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-07-19.

External links

Fort Riley Museums

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

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