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| File:National Museum of Civil Defense Logo.jpg | |
| Established | February 2020 |
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| Location | San Antonio, Texas, United States |
| Type | History museum |
| Director | Nicholas Studer, M.D. |
| Website | nationalmuseumofcivildefense |
The National Museum of Civil Defense or NMCD in San Antonio, Texas, documents and interprets the history of the U.S. civil defense and emergency management programs.[1] The museum is the only 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to this field of study.
Founding
[edit]With the dedication of the National Civil Defense/Emergency Management Monument at the National Emergency Training Center in Emittsburg, Maryland on 6 April 2002 - the organization related to its construction dissolved.[2] The National Museum of Civil Defense was founded in February 2020 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, its founders recognizing that there was no current organization that focused on the history of U.S. civil defense and emergency management. Its Museum Artifact and Archive Center is located in San Antonio, Texas, just north of Fort Sam Houston, Texas and east of the San Antonio International Airport.[3]
Exhibits
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The museum covers the beginnings of American emergency prepredness planning from the Council on National Defense in 1916 to the formation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2002.[4]
The museum's collection is broad and online content is routinely published to demonstrate radiation monitoring instruments such as Geiger counters, shelter supplies, uniforms and insignia, communications equipment, chemical warfare protective equipment, and even two "Calamity Jane" Heavy Rescue trucks[5] The museum is listed by the National Emergency Training Center library for archival assistance.[6]
In 2023, the museum provided radiation monitoring artifacts to Musealia's The Berlin Wall: Living in a Divided World exhibit in Madrid, Spain from 9 November 2023 to 12 January 2025.[7]
Education Projects
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The museum assists high school teachers with loan of former civil defense program radiation monitoring instruments to allow for science, history, and preparedness education.
NMCD volunteers assist government agencies and other museums with research and articles, including the U.S. Postal Service Historian.[8] In 2021, the museum published with Brookhaven National Laboratory on the critical role of the "Brookhaven Brassie" radioiodine detection instrument in the response to the Three Mile Island accident.[9]
Governance
[edit]The museum is governed by a Board of Directors and an Advisory Board that includes representation from the National Atomic Testing Museum, United States Army Medical Department Museum, and National Museum of American History.[10]
See also
[edit]- American Civil Defense Association
- The Cold War Museum
- National Atomic Testing Museum
- National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
- United States Army Medical Department Museum
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.nationalmuseumofcivildefense.org/digital-resources Exhibits - National Museum of Civil Defense
- ^ https://www.usfa.fema.gov/nfa/on-campus-students/about-our-campus/monuments.html Monuments at the National Emergency Training Center
- ^ https://thc.texas.gov/learn/military-history/military-museums-and-programs-texas Texas Historical Commission Mlitary Museums and Programs
- ^ https://www.hsdl.org/c/view?docid=470277 DHS - A Short History of National Preparedness Efforts
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/USCivilDefense NMCD Facebook Page
- ^ https://netc-library.libguides.com/civildefense NETC Library Civil Defense Topic Guide
- ^ https://theberlinwall.com/madrid/en/ Musealia's The Berlin Wall: Living in a divided World
- ^ https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/postal-service-role-in-civil-defense.pdf The Postal Service's Role in Civil Defense during the Cold War
- ^ https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1807962/ The "Brookhaven Brassie" and the Response to the Three Mile Island Accident
- ^ https://www.nationalmuseumofcivildefense.org/about About Us - National Museum of Civil Defense
External links
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- Civil defense
- Emergency management
- Civil defense organizations based in the United States
- Medical museums in the United States
- Museums established in 2020
- 2020 establishments in Texas
- Cold War museums in the United States
- World War II museums in the United States
- History museums in Texas
- Military and war museums in Texas
- San Antonio
- Science museums in Texas
- Technology museums in the United States
- Museums in San Antonio
- National museums of the United States
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