Features & Exhibits

American Civil War Gallery
"Arms with Meaning" displays in "Waging Civil War" Gallery, Second Floor. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

An American Pioneer
Tableau in "Catching Frontier Fever" Gallery, Second Floor. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Armada Tableau
The Spanish Armada, 1588. By Royal Armouries/Time Machine,AG/Scenic Route, 2004. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Balaclava Tableau
The Battle of Balaclava, 25 October 1854. By David Hayes, 2003. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Cased Pair of Colt New Model 1861 Navy Revolvers with Accessories
By tradition belonging to George Armstrong Custer. American (Hartford, Connecticut), 1863. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.
Gallery: Indian Wars, 2nd Floor

Cased Pair of Percussion Sporting Pistols
John Donaghy (active 1820-1850). Dutch (Amsterdam), second quarter of the 19th century. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum. Promised gift of Mr. Owsley Brown Frazier.
Gallery: Arms of Distinction, 1st Floor

Chief Geronimo, Apache
Elbridge Ayer Burbank (1858-1949). American, 1899. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum. Photograph by John Fitzgerald.

Colt Walker Model Revolver
Whitney Armory (1798-1888) for Samuel Colt. American (Whitneyville, Connecticut), 1847. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Culloden Tableau
The Battle of Culloden, 16 April 1746. By Time Machine AG/David Hayes, 2003. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Delos "Yankee" Bligh
Delos "Yankee" Bligh (1823-1890). Various, late 19th Century. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Detail of barrel decoration of a wheel-lock rifle
Josef Gruber. Austrian (Vienna), about 1759. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Detail of Percussion Conversion Rifle
Presented to Robert Eden Handy (1807-1838). American, not later than 1836. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Detail of Revolving Rifle with Detachable Shoulder Stock, 1824-25
E. H. Collier & Company (1824-25). English (London). Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Detail of Schuetzen rifle decoration
By Johann Ulrich Baenziger (1821-1906). Swiss (St. Gallen), about 1880. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Flintlock long rifle (detail), 1830-40
Wiley Grover Higgins (1799-1859). American (Indian Springs, Macon County, Georgia) Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Flintlock Long Rifle inscribed as presented to President George Washington in 1791
By John Philip Beck (Lebanon Township, Pennsylvania). 1770s. Promised gift of Mr. Owsley Brown Frazier.
Gallery: In the Arena, 2nd Floor

Group of Revolutionary War Firearms
(Top to bottom) French musket, 1771-74; Colonial American musket, probably 1775-80. Dutch flintlock long pattern ship's pistol for a member of the Swain family, about 1775; French model 1777 flintlock cavalry pistol, 1782/83. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Hastings Tableau
The Battle of Hastings, 14 October 1066. By Time Machine AG/David Hayes, 2003. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

In the Arena: Theodore Roosevelt
One of the display cases in the "In the Arena: Theodore Roosevelt" gallery, Second Floor. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Officer's Hanger and Scabbard belonging to Dr. Josiah Bartlett
Belonged to Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795). English and American, about 1770. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.
Gallery: Claiming North America, 2nd Floor

Pattern 1874 Blouse or Sack Coat for a Native Scout Sergeant
American. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.
Gallery: Indian Wars, 2nd Floor

Portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt
Unknown artist. American, before 1909. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Presentation Cavalry Officer’s Saber and Scabbard, 1863
For Colonel (later General) Louis D. Watkins. H. Sauerbier & Company or Emerson & Silver. American (Louisville, Kentucky or New Jersey) and German (Solingen), 1863. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Rorke's Drift Tableau
The action at Rorke's Drift, 22 January 1879. By David Hayes, 2003. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Roundway Down Tableau
The Battle of Roundway Down, 13 July 1643. By David Hayes, 2003. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Royal Grade Double Rifle presented to Theodore Roosevelt
Holland & Holland, Ltd. English (London), 1909. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.
Gallery: In the Arena, 2nd floor

Self Bow and Quiver with Arrows, attributed to Geronimo
Native American, 19th century. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum. Promised gift of Mr. Owsley Brown Frazier.
Gallery: Indian Wars, 2nd Floor

Seventh Cavalry Marker
From the Little Bighorn battlefield. About 1890. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.
Gallery: Indian Wars

Snap Matchlock Target Rifle
South German (Nuremberg?) or Netherlandish (Antwerp), 1580-1600. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.
Gallery: Arms of Distinction, 1st Floor

Stuart Gallery
A view of the "Stuart" Gallery, Third Floor. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

The Frazier International History Museum Building
The Frazier International History Museum, 829 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Photograph by Craig Schneider.

The Great Hall
Equestrian Figures in the first floor "Great Hall." Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum. Creators of the works: Gerry Embleton and David Hayes.

The James Gang
Materials from the James and Younger Gangs. Various, late 19th century. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.
Gallery: The Wrong Side of the Law, 2nd Floor

The John Smith Workshop
Display in "Taming the Wilderness" Gallery, Second Floor. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Tournament Gallery
A view of the "Tournament" Gallery, Third Floor. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum, and the Board of Trustees of the Royal Armouries.

Towton Tableau
The Battle of Towton, 29 March 1461. By Time Machine AG/David Hayes, 2003. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Trade Gorget for a Native American
Benjamin Day (1706-1757). Colonial American (Newport, Rhode Island), second quarter of the 18th Century. Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Tudor Gallery
Displays in the "Tudor" Gallery, Third Floor. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum and the Board of Trustees of the Royal Armouries.

Wall of Steel
A view of the "Wall of Steel" display in the "Tower of London" Gallery, Third Floor. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum and the Board of Trustees of the Royal Armouries.

Wheel-lock rifle, about 1759
Josef Gruber. Austrian (Vienna). Photograph by John Fitzgerald. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.

Winning the West Gallery
A view of the "Winning the West" Gallery, Second Floor. Photograph by Power Creative. Courtesy of the Frazier International History Museum.


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