Second Floor: The Permanent Collection
Join us on our Historical Survey of America’s Cultural Roots
The
Museum's second floor houses the Frazier Museum's permanent collection
of arms and related artifacts made between the
16th and 20th century, mostly of American origin.
At no other museum in the world will you find Daniel Boone's family
Bible, the bow attributed to Geronimo, the ivory-handled pistols of General
George Armstrong Custer and the "Big Stick" of President Theodore
Roosevelt.
Here, you can learn about historic periods:
- Early North American settlements
- The American Revolution (View Panoramic Tour)
- The Civil War (View Panoramic Tour)
- Louisville as a riverfront city
- The settlement of land west of the Mississippi River (View Panoramic Tour)
- The era of the Pony Express and the Cowboy
Here too, are exhibits on special topics, such AS recreational shooting, the manufacture of arms, famous American gunmakers, and Theodore Roosevelt as sportsman, conservationist and military hero.
