Museum12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
Abilene · Taylor County · Dedicated 2001 · THC Atlas #4200000767
Texas history, up close and curated.
About this site
12th Armored Division Memorial Museum is a museum in Abilene, Taylor County, dedicated in 2001. It is one of 8 museums documented in Taylor County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 126 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.4505, -99.7364 near Abilene. The nearest cataloged historic site is Grace Museum (museum), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include U.S. Weather Bureau Building, Hotel Wooten, and Abilene Reporter-News.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200000767. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum was founded in 2001 by veterans of the division to preserve the World War II archives, memorabilia, and oral histories of the unit nicknamed the 'Hellcat Division.' Its three floors of exhibits trace the division from its 1942 activation at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, through combat in Europe, where it helped capture tens of thousands of German soldiers and liberated Nazi camps, to deactivation in Germany in 1945. Displays include weapons, uniforms, vehicles, dioramas, and a Holocaust memorial, and a memorial walkway lists the names of division veterans.
Sources: 12tharmoreddivisionmuseum.comabilenevisitors.comtexashistory.unt.edu
