Reviews of John B Mahaffey Museum Complex (Museum)

Thomas Musolf

This is/was a great review of the past... Been there for part of it.. now a rembrance of the past war days and know what soldier's had to undergo to protect America.. the United States, for which it stands..

Holly Ann Holcomb

This was a pleasant surprise. Someone clearly put a lot of effort into the displays. I would gladly visit again.

Johnny Reyes

The Engineer museum is located on Fort Leonard Wood. 495 South Dakota Avenue. Please be sure to make this a mandatory stop if you make it on post for any occasion i.e. graduation or concerts. The museum houses a collection of Engineer implements used throughout several campaigns. I've made visiting the museum a mandatory requirement for all the students that attend the 1st BDE (EN) schools. The retired CSM's that work there have a written quiz to challenge those soldiers that have had the honor become Engineers. Also, be sure to stop at the shop and purchase some wonderful Engineer themed souvenirs. All the proceeds collected assist the museum and Army Engineer Association continue to collect those rare and hard to find items that are displayed throughout the museum.

Patrick Fant

A lot of history to learn about.

Jeremy Sisk

My daughter loves exploring the museum

Richard McClelland

You wouldn't expect such a great museum to be hidden here. The attention to detail and quality of the exhibits are on par with much larger national museums I have visited. The staff were extremely knowledgeable and friendly. The CBRN section is full of history that dates back to the beginning of the chemical corps and is a great tribute to those that have served in its ranks. I would recommend visiting this museum.

Brian Brumfield

Engineers Clear the Way..... This is definitely a must see if you are anywhere close in the area. I was very impressed with all the items that were there on display. I mostly enjoyed the Engineers side of the museum, being an old Sapper from the mid 80's to the mid 90's.... I absolutely loved the Engineer Store inside the museum and the conversation with everyone. The facility was exceptionally laid out, very clean, and nicely cool. I would definitely recommend this to everyone.

Emanuel M

Simply a awesome history place.

Mark Watson

Perfect for a family day stroll after the warrior breakfast. Something here for everyone interested in anything military. Huge displays and plenty of information to keep entertained with. Afterwards if the weather is nice why not walknaccross the street and look at all of the military vehicles and helicopters.

Jonathin Campbell

Very cool place to visit

Tawnya Stiles

Very interesting alot of real cool artifacts !

Heather Gallandat

What an incredible experience! Family friendly and free! # #recommend

Chris Parks

Wonderful experience for you active duty or retired US Army Engineer, MP, or CBRNE

Jason Philtron

Some cool displays and a whole lot of information! But, also dated (old).

Lucy Royse

Best day ever

April Carlos

Informative and interesting

Jason Johnson

This is a wonderful place to learn about the history of the U.S. Army Engineer Corps. The are many things that I myself, being an engineer had not known. Everyone I visit there is something new to see. Make sure if your are in the Fort Leonard Wood area for a while, you stop in and take a look. I am sure you will be impressed. There's a gift shop on the grounds and the Regimental Room is a sight to see in itself.

Jennifer Reese

Great informative facility. Friendly staff and some wonderful exhibits.

María Johnson

So many things that I didn' know. I love it

Loft Askharoun

Its interesting and it's free

Bonnie Hines

Awesome exhibits! Very informative and detailed

Muriel Raker

A great collection of Army history!

brent haefner

Lot's of cool stuff if you have an interest in the military or engineering in general.

Lash Askew

Interesting to go on base at Ft Leonard Wood and we visited three of the museums at the Mahaffey Museum Complex.

Tiawana Hunter

Very interesting place for Our History and Future

Trish

The replicas were very detailed, place was very clean.

Ky DeFilippo

Extremely knowledgeable staff!

LaCretia Maclin

My son trained here. It was an honor to visit. Our family was very impressed

Carandus Brown

A lot of great visual details.

Renee Adorjan

Very interesting

Jill Boehle

The exhibits are really interesting, a lot to see and learn about.

Zach Faasse

Lots to see and it's free. Some decent gift shops inside as well.

Royce Sneath

Great place to find out the histories of not only the Chemical Corps but also the Military Police and Engineer as well

Linda Brzycki

The history of our military is shown in great detail.

David Hess

Nice seeing the genesis of my MOS

Jill Edelweiss

Lots of excellent exhibits and well worth the visit. Pleasantly surprising to see a piece of the Berlin Wall outside front!

Becca Ramey

So much history! Really enjoyed it!!

Lori Hall

Honorable and edicational

Annie Greider

We went on a Monday after my son's graduation. We were the only people visiting. Very interesting!

Pat Adelmann

While the Engineer and Chemical museums are well thought out and developed, the MP museum is nothing like it was on Fort McClellan.

Jacqueline Ward, Ed D

It was interesting to walk thru and see names familiar to me, what they did to contribute to our local and national betterment. Names like Schroeder, grandparent to a dear friend, Anne, who also did much for our current town when she served in our county seat. The only thing I found out of place is the monument in memorializing the dismantling of the Wall under Reagan's proclamation to Gorbachev. It seems so hypocritical that the GOP leader said, "if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, ...tear down this wall!" Once the GOP understood we are stronger together, embracing the global economic community, we are stronger when we enact legislation that is fiscally responsible. But now that they have been overrun by the swamp, lobbyists in charge of the agencies who they once either opposed or tapped for selling their products/services. The deficit has skyrocketed with no end in sight- new legislation proposing to remove the ceiling for the new two years while the liar in Chief taps the budget to build his vanity wall that all data proves is the most costly and least effective option - completely throwing away the last positive legacy they claim as positive. Seeing that monument reminded me of the true hypocrisy that has ensnared us all...fiscal spending rivaled only by the roaring 20s. What happened next?

Heather Pack

Very well set up. People are helpful & friendly. Quite educational!

Allison Richardson

So much military history here. I loved it.

Sybil Murray

Amazing place! Got to see a piece of the Berlin wall! The history of Military Police was wonderfully displayed! Plus there are other MOS's on display to visit. Great place!

Danielle Sincyr

Loved this place

Sandra Jarrell

Great got there almost closing time so we qill be back to go to the top

Patrick Gillilan

Awesome. Nice, neat and orderly.. Really enjoyed the displays.

Chad Sims

The museum is a lot larger then you think walking in and we were able to spend over an hour here. It is free to get in and walk around. Being able to spend some time is important when you are here for family day and there is nothing else to do during a cold winter day.

Mariel Quirindongo

Historic site.It's wonderful everything is rotulated and in order.

Jeremie Keithley

This is a great museum that walks you through the history of the military police, engineers and chemical brigades. Amazing artifacts on display.

lydia zufelt

I loved their trench war portion

Rebekah Rick

I had a great time at the museum, it was very informative!

Kristen D.

Excellent Museum! Definitely worth the time to stop in whether u have 30 minutes or 3 hours this is a great museum to spend some time at.

Amber Rogers

They have two huge sections of the Berlin Wall which was awesome to see and it was super informative and thorough one of the best military museums I've seen thus far.

Dave Loughton

So much to read and learn. The displays were fantastic. We sure have come a long ways in 200 years. Great Museum!

Patricia Teichman

Very well organized. And it was free for graduation day.

Brittany Reeves

My grandparents came to visit us and was so excited to see the museum, and was not disappointed! Our kiddos loved learning about the artifacts they had too!

Terry Chambers

Loved the history here. Great place to roam quietly and enjoy the experience of what all goes into a military campaign.

Matthew Brown

Covers the history of engineers in the U.S. Army from the Revolutionary War to the present day. Want to know why our rivers don't flood every year, or the things the Army needs to construct to succeed in a war zone? This is the place for you. If you know any Army engineers, this is a great place for them to tell you about their roles and what they mean to them. Maybe you'll even run into an exhibit dedicated to efforts they took part in.

Shiloh Woods

Great place to stop in and walk through while visiting FLW. MP, Engineer, and Chemical have gift shops where families and friends can purchase unique gifts. It is worth the trip to walk through military history.

Billy Mouser

LOVE to be there very proud I donated to there cause

bigdougdog

Great experience, there is three museums in one. Chemical, engineer, and MP corps museums. That, combined with all the static displays that fort Leonard Wood has to offer, made for a great experience.

Samuel Oquendo

Great exhibits!

Rodney

WOW. What a treasure. I loved it!!! Getting on base could be a little less intrusive. It was well worth it though.

Angel

Amazing experience!!! I could be there all day! What an honor. Thank you!

David Matsuyama

Good examples of Military Police, Engineers and Chemical warfare. Worth the visit.

Eddie Adamms

Many interesting facts

Brittany Webb

Amazing experience very clean.

Anthony Dixon

Very nice museum. This museum contains a lot of military history. It shows a lot of our accomplishments as a country and makes one proud of the military. Staff was friendly.

PATRICK BRISBIN SR

Very interesting, good exhibits, and laid out nicely.

Mev A

Very beautiful displays, and souvenirs shop.

Alison Trevathan

Great museum. Lot of informative displays.

Javier Martinez

Had a wonderful time viewing all the artifacts here.

Debbie Darveaux

Awesome.

Julie Army Mom

Amazing. If you are at FLW, do NOT pass the Museum by! The gentleman in the gift shop was incredibly polite, asking everyone where they were from and wanting to know the answer, not just inquiring.

Joe Maxwell

Definitely worth stopping through when visiting the post for a graduation or for the traveling military buff. It's a top notch museum compared to most other posts and has a really outstanding regimental room for the engineers. The MA and chemical rooms have their own flavor - MP is much more modern/office-like, and the chem room feels like a "Fireside Chats" and has an FDR presidential feel to it. Staff is great. Highly knowledgeable and passionate. And the regimental shops are absolutely worth checking out for whatever your affiliation is. I come through about every quarter because I live here, but if you've ever had a connection to any of the maneuver support branches or an interest in general military history, it's a great (and free) experience.

Donald Brown

Loved the museum. The history lesson I will take away the most

Heath the Fam Swafford

Was a really great place. Loved all the historical things about the Army that were there. Would definitely make a return visit if ever up there again.

George Cottrell

Great place to visit. Staff best of the best.

Tyler Davis

Always friendly staff. Glad to see they're still improving the engineer museum.

Amy Sadvary

Very interesting! It spanned the Army Engineering involvement from civil war through the present.

Trevor Thralls

This is a pretty good museum. Well layed out and informative. The presentation is bit dated but otherwise no complaints. And, it's FREE.

Robert Lewis

Awesome museum combining the Engineers, MPs and Chemical Corps in one building. Superb vehicle and barracks setup and displays. I will return.

Michael Lo

The history of Engineers told in a historically correct and chronological way.

Jim Krese Sr

Very Very interesting.We Amazed at the history.

Mindy Harper

Short, good information, it is nice that it is free, can't wait to go back once they are done renovating.

Brandi Pursley

Wonderful details and an outstanding museum which commemorates three outstanding divisions within the Armed Forces, Engineering, Chemical, and Military Police. The exhibits leave you amazed and grateful for all the military branches do and have done to keep us safe and defend our way of life. There are some items that make you think and some to make you laugh. This is not to be missed during any trip to Fort Leonard Wood.

Danette McKearn

Great war Museum

Beatriz Jimenez

Very nice and informative displays. We enjoyed it a lot. The piece of the Berlin Wall standing outside blew me away!

Kevin Golinghorst

I always learn something new from the past when I take time to stop by this amazing facility that is ran by some amazing professionals!

tina armstrong

Nice clean and friendly atmosphere

Ann Williams

Awesome displays recording military history.

Jeremiah Nielsen

Great place and very educational

Kayla covert

Very nice museum, great staff, and really good gift shops.

LeAnna Herring

Great museum!! All of the previous wars artifacts can be seen and read about. 554th Engineer Soldier's graduated here also! Clean restrooms and very nice staff

Elaine Nelson

Very clean and inviting. I wish I had more time to walk through slowly and read everything. Very informative, things I never knew. Being able to see the uniforms and tools and gear change over the years was fascinating.

Jeffrey Wright

This was a really awesome Museum! Wasn't really expecting much in the beginning but really glad I stopped by and went through the entire thing. There's tons of knowledge and Exhibits inside! Must See...

Chuck Shipley

Excellent military collection

Blaine DCmblza

What a cool place to visit.

Robert J. Warren

Great History of Military Police

Christina Kasal

Very interesting. Lots of history here a must see.

Jim Zablosky

Fantastic experience. Enjoy ed visit with our new soldier and got to see America's history.

Anna Caudill

Just go! This place is a top notch addition to Fort Leonard Wood! 2nd only to The National Infantry Museum in Fort Benning in my opinion! We visited several times while we were stationed there, taking different family members as they visited us.

Shirley Velarde

Good history

chalkletone

It sucks that you can not bring water in the building at all. I understand the exhibit portion but the entire building.

raymond strantz

Interesting place to see a lot of knowledge

Christina Zacher

We lived on Ft Wood, so this place holds lots of fond memories for me. Great displays!

Andrew Maslanka

Fun activity for Soldier's to take their family and friends through no matter the reason you're here on FLW. Teaches you about several different jobs in the Army and the history behind them.

Charles Dennis

Wonderful layout for the exhibits.

KC Ford

See our Engineers at their best. Great history.

Cindy Powell

Really neat place to visit alot of history

Stephen Pecchia

Lot of memories tastefully done

Michael Bradford

Great dioramas, exhibits & walk throughs, all well played out with plenty of written documentation.

Tim Halcomb

Really enjoyed the museum lots of History to look at

Jose Mendez

Very good place to learn history

Kavi Oblitus-anima

Great atmosphere and you can learn a lot about these military cores

Erik Petterson

Great military museum. Comprised of Engineer, Chemical, and Military Police history. Lots of displays, beginning at revolutionary War to the present. Plenty of period uniforms, weapons and equipment used throughout our Nation's military history.

Lorraine Stocker

Great museum! So glad we made time to go with our soldier!!

CATHY CORSINO

Very informative. It was a good choice to go see it

Elizabeth Campbell

My grandson graduation was off the charts

MS Rena

Awesome displays and very informative

Eddie Redfearn

Excellent in every possible way. The Chemical Corp Museum is Top Notch and the best I have ever seen. Get your 100 year coin NOW!

Gary Vanderlee

Nice walkthrough exhibit

Andy Dickason

Great representation of what the military did.

Miles Warren

Not too shabby. Though there are a few spelking errors on the Engineer exhibits

Amy Scofield

So much information! The displays are really cool. I like the way each wing is set up to circle through that section. The Berlin Wall piece out front is really neat!

Troy Albuck

This is really interesting. It's three museums in one. The Army MPs, Engineers and Chemical Corps all have exhibit halls and displays here. Plus, a collection of vehicles outside. Go Army! #retiredranger

ACKB756

Very detailed and interesting!

Craigape

Check it out if you're passing through or haven't been, the displays are really well crafted and for a free experience it's really high quality. You'll learn and see a lot, and have the opportunity to get some cool stuff at the gift shop.

Rory Jordan

If your interested in military history it is an eye opener and a very good exhibition. The historian seemed to know his stuff and very confident.

Monty Bates

Great place to visit on Fort Leonard Wood.

Allie

Great, exactly what youd expect

Denae I

A wealth of information is contained within this museum! We walked through the Corps of Engineers, the Chemical Corps, and the Military Police sections in several hours... but we were rushing to see it all before closing time. Would recommend giving yourself plenty of time to enjoy all the historical info/exhibits on display here.

Steven Lovett

Outstanding outing. Obviously filled with great historic items and displays. A treasure trove of national history from the perspective of the men and women of our military that participated in it over the generations. Wow!

Natalie Stabenau

Great place to learn about the history behind military forces

Mev A-M

Beautiful place .

Harry Pressley

Great army history

Scott Purtee

Amazing museum. Loved it

Amanda Robin Johnston

Pretty cool! So much to see and learn!!!

Lea Humphries

Very informant and interesting

Bryan Jeffrey

I would have given a 5 but there were things that had been taken off exhibit for water damage due to roof leaks. Overall, Hands down very cool. If they up grade I would suggest short films describing certain things and make it interactive.

Kidslik65 Nunya

Very informative and great exhibits/displays showing the complete history of combat engineer battalions.

Kathy Osborn

Wonderful, exciting, beautiful, family oriented, incredible amount of energy.

Christian Fuster

Love it! Great history!!!

Christine Boston

Very comprehensive exhibits that detail the history of the military police, engineering corps, and chemical units. The exhibits are updated regularly, so you will see something new throughout the year. The staff are also very friendly and helpful.

Samr Sumido

Very good Army academy place.

Angela Peeples

Such a good place for anyone interested in history of military.

Liam Dorsch

Loved the museums there. Definitely go if you have the chance!

Jose Vera

Nice place to visit and spend family time with friends and you soilder in training after graduation. Plenty of parking

John Mikolay

Great place to get a real feel for army history.

Alex Leu

Amazing museum and the MP gift shop is awesome

K Welch

Must experience the history here for my brothers and sisters

Andrea Martin

I have been here for a few different events, very nice facility.

Katie Bryan

Love the history and the people !

Dawn Kuntz

Really enjoyed it hear must see form any family that has anyone that's at basic training or family that's station hear.

Rich Junghans

Peaceful and beautiful space.

Kim Wamble

I really enjoyed this museum. There was a lit of history there. I thought the artifacts and descriptions that went along with them were very informative.