Liberty Bell Memorial Museum
The Liberty Bell Memorial Museum is located in Wells Park at 1601 Oak Street in Melbourne, Florida adjacent to Melbourne Military Memorial Park. The museum is free to enter, and is divided into two main components: The Rotunda of American History and Freedom Hall.[1]
History
Honor America Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to American history and heritage,[2] founded the Liberty Bell Memorial Museum. It is housed in a former concrete ground water storage tank and the pump house of the original Melbourne Water Works[3] [4] Architect Joe Vislay designed the water storage tank and pump house and contractor Robert Stitzel built it.[4]
In 2005, the organization expanded the museum, adding the Freedom Hall annex .[1]
In 2013, the museum won the Colonel John H. Magruder III Award given by the |Marine Corps Historical Foundation for excellence in depicting Marine Corps history.[5][6]
Exhibits
The Rotunda houses exhibits relating to American history, including a timeline of the history of the American nation, patriotic and historic artifacts, ephemera, Florida-specific history,[1] and a full size replica of the Liberty Bell.[7] The replica bell was cast by Whitechapel Bell Foundry, the casters of the original bell for the Pennsylvania State House (now called Independence Hall). It was purchased with funds raised by local schoolchildren during the U.S. Bicentennial Celebration.[1]
Freedom Hall houses militaria relating to each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces and educational exhibits regarding major conflicts in which the United States has been a belligerent.[1]
See also
- American Revolution
Notes
- ^ a b c d e "Liberty Bell Memorial Museum -". Retrieved 2017-04-24.
- ^ "Honor America, Inc". honoramerica.org. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
- ^ Debra K. Minor, "Museum Rings Praises Of Liberty Bell", Orlando Sentinel, July 3, 1988.
- ^ a b Honor America Inc. "Liberty Bell Memorial Museum" brochure, circa 1990.
- ^ Marine Corps Heritage Foundation. "Thirty-Second Annual Awards Dinner" brochure (2013), page 13.
- ^ Maria Sonnenberg, "Melbourne museum honors America year-round: Liberty Bell Memorial Museum celebrates country and county", Florida Today, July 4, 2013.
- ^ Florida Today. The Fact Book: Your Guide to Brevard County (Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today, February 28, 2004), p. 119.
Gallery
- Front view of museum
- Front view of museum
- Melbourne Military Memorial Park
External links
- Official website
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terminology
- Bell
- Bell-cot
- Bellfounding
- Bell-gable
- Bell pattern
- Bell tower / Campanile
- Bell-ringer
- Bell shrine
- Belfry
- Bourdon
- Campanology (index)
- Peal
- Ring of bells
- Strike tone
- Striking clock
- Zvonnitsa
- List of heaviest bells
- Balangiga bells
- Bell of Good Luck
- Bell of King Seongdeok
- Big Ben
- Freedom Bell
- Great Bell of Dhammazedi
- Great Tom
- Ivan the Great Bell Tower
- Japanese Peace Bell
- Justice Bell
- Liberty Bell
- Maria Gloriosa
- Mingun Bell
- Bells of Notre-Dame de Paris
- Olympic Bell
- Petersglocke
- Sigismund Bell
- Swan Bells
- Temple Bell (Boston)
- Tsar Bell
- World Peace Bells
- Kentucky
- Yongle Big Bell
and foundries
- Bergholtz [sv]
- Bilbie family
- Andrey Chokhov
- Cockey
- Royal Eijsbouts
- Kashpir Ganusov
- Vanden Gheyn
- Gillett & Johnston
- Grassmayr
- Miles Graye
- Hatch
- Pieter and François Hemony
- Christopher Hodson
- Franciscus Illenfeld
- Juutila
- Marinelli
- McShane
- Meneely
- John Murphy
- Olsen Nauen
- Glockengießerei Otto
- Paccard
- Petit & Fritsen
- Richard Phelps
- Rudhall
- John and William Rufford
- Saarlouiser Glockengießerei
- Schilling [de]
- Taylor
- Hugh Watts
- Warner
- Whitechapel
- Geert van Wou