Fields of Thunder Museum | U.S. Military life of the soldier from the Civil War through the Spanish American War

The Fields of Thunder Museum is a privately owned museum and current viewing is by Special invitation only. Its main focus is U.S. Military life of the soldier from the Civil War through the Spanish American War, with a special interest on the evolution and advancement of Artillery through this time frame. We have recently acquired artifacts relating to WWII and have added those to this website under New Acquisitions.

The Fields of Thunder Museum is home to one of the nations most impressive collections of firing Antique Artillery. FTM believes one of the best ways to preserve our heritage is to restore these antique artillery pieces to original arsenal specifications.

With a highly trained and qualified restoration and preservation staff, we are able to keep our Artillery in “safe” firing order.

With a Rich and Varied History since 1996 the museum occasionally demonstrates proper military firing procedures with a selected Artifact (see video below).

Preserving and sharing our Nation’s history and Artifacts is an important aspect of keeping our Heritage and much needed Patriotism alive.

Our current “goal” is to move Fields of Thunder Museum from its current private location and house it in a public building. If you would like to help support this Museum so we can reach our “goal” in sharing these Historical Artifacts and continue to teach our valuable Heritage to future generations, you can:

- Shop in our on-line “STORE”. Proceeds go into the building fund.
- Make a financial donation for our building fund.
- Donate or help us find and preserve more artifacts to research,
  restore (if necessary), and display for educational benefit.
- If you have a business, volunteer your services or products.
- 1883 Gatling Gun belonging to Fields of Thunder Museum was taken from the Museum when on display in Huntington Beach CA. Please contact the Museum with any information.

We would like to give our thanks and recognize the supporters of the Museum who have donated time, labor, or artifacts: Jerald Evans – Reliable Precision Machining, Polyrock – Sandblasters; Baghouse – Sheet Metal Fabricators; D&L Wire EDM; Greg Martin – who donated the Weasel; E. A. Patson Parts and Equipment – donated Weasel Parts; Ernest Stacey – donated Weasel Parts; World Class Restoration; Turner Auto Body; Dave Cumberland – donated original Artillery artifacts; All of our docents past & present for volunteering their time and service; Bill Dickey donated Spanish American war accoutrements; Fred Wardinsky donated Spanish American War accoutrements.