Welcome to the Veterans Memorial Museum
in San Luis Obispo, CA

  

Honoring the men and women veterans of the Marine Corps, Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marines by treasuring the artifacts they brought back to remember their service to our country

 World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, The Cold War, Gulf War, Iraq War all on display

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 The museum hours are:
     Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm (1000 to 1500).  

Group tours can be arranged upon request.

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Scroll down for info on: Our need for volunteers and our Veterans History Project
 
 

These images courtesy of Doc's Patriotic Graphics

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  M60A3 (TTS) Main Battle Tank (the "Patton")  


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     Docent Loraine Macebo
She was a WAC during WWII, T-4 Rank
That is her uniform which was donated to the museum

Loraine is ready to give you a tour


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  Cathy Baker of Arbiter Support the Troops
presenting pencil art to Harry Hoover for display in the Museum

Arbiter was presented a check for $1,000 from Detachment 680 at the March 11, 2008 general meeting for sending packages to the troops

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Central Coast Veterans Memorial Museum is always in need of volunteers for the
following:

Museum Docent-  Greets visitors, interprets exhibits, leads tours.  3
hours per week.

Archive Docent-  Assists in recording, storing and retrieving
artifacts.  Hours to suit your schedule.

Curator Docent-  Helps design and assemble exhibits.  Hours to suit
your schedule.

Computer Docent-  Maintains donor data base.  Hours to suit your
schedule.

Docent training and orientation are provided.

Call 473-9704 or 543-1763
 

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VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT:

The museum is also a repository for veteran interviews conducted for the Veterans History Project, which was created in 2000 by the United States Congress as part of the American Folk Life Center at the Library of Congress. 

The Central Coast Veterans Memorial Museum is collecting and preserving stories of men and women of the Military Services and related industry and medical workers of WWII, Korean, Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars.

Call 805.543.1763 or email info@vetmuseum.org to set up a personal, and confidential verbal history session at the Museum or contact Ms. Cargill as shown below.

Volunteer Joanne Cargill has been conducting interviews at the museum since August of 2003 of veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. The original of the interview is sent to the Veterans History Project in Washington, D.C., and a copy is sent to the Marine Corps’ Oral History Program (for USMC veterans) in Washington, D.C.

If you would like to arrange for an interview with Joanne, please call her at 805-937-2465.  We need your story.

There are currently a number of video interviews available for viewing at the museum by prior arrangement, please call 805-543-1763 for information.

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