4.5Rock Island Arsenal Museum(119 reviews) - A museum that covers wars and weapons the United States have been involved with. Saturday: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Military Museums • Speciality Museums • History Museums
The Rock Island Arsenal Museum is the Army’s second oldest museum. It first opened to the public on July 4, 1905. The museum tells the story of Rock Island Arsenal and Arsenal Island from the establishment of Fort Armstrong in 1816 to today. Among the museum's highlights is its firearms collection. Consisting of more than 1200 military and civilian firearms, the collection is one of the most unique in the country. Visitors can see a wall-gun from the American Revolution, rifles from the Little Bighorn Battlefield and Custer’s last stand, and experiment firearms from Rock Island Arsenal’s Rodman Laboratories. The museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from Noon to 4:00pmSee more..
5.0Fryxell Geology Museum(6 reviews) - If You Like Fossils and Minerals... Saturday: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Spent < 1 hour Natural History Museums
What a great little museum. If you like fossils and minerals, you will love this place. The woman that told us about the dinosaur that was found by a professor of the Augustana College in Antartica was so informative. Everyone in our group of 6 was impressed with the quality and array of the collection. It is small, but packed with a lot to seSee more..
