patton museum of cavalry and armor

Unless you're a US citizen or have a sponsor you're ineligible to enter. (We're Canadians) Very disappointed to have missed this site. Foreigners shld be made aware.

Pros - this museum is free and has a few good exhibits and is a good history about General Patton's lifeCons - the displays and the continuity of the museum displays is not very good. It jumps from one war to another without a smooth flow or storyline. It could be presented in a lot better fashion.The museum was hard to find as the entrance is through the base. The GPS got us to a barbed wire fence where access had been closed. You have to go through the Fort Knox gate, tell them you are going to the museum and show them your license. It seems to me that the museum has not been kept up well in the past few years, and was once really good.

My grandfather was with Patton in WW II and to see all this was very sobering. There is so much history here it takes a good bit of time to try and understand it all. We will definitely be returning to visit this on our way through Ky again.

You must visit this historical location before it goes away.Patton was an amazing inovator and his legacy lives-on in this "former" Armor post museum

I should have done my research, as my 15 year old son and his friends were disappointed in the museum. We drove 4 hours expecting to see more tanks and a much larger museum. We spent about an hour there and read and saw everything. We were also surprised that portions of the museum displays are unfinished. Also, the museum website doesn't tell you the museum is actually on the Ft. Knox base and you must show ID to get on. The base gate right beside the museum is closed, so the directions on the website are incorrect. We drove past the museum twice before realizing how to actually get there. Very frustrating. I think it's going to be very nice someday, but was just so-so for our visit. We did enjoy driving around the base. We saw way more tanks and armory that way!

This free museum had a good selection of military history. I learned a lot about Patton and his accomplishments.

My brother and I drove down to Fort Knox and found the Patton Museum. It was a great presentation of Patton life and military life. Great items on display and great stories of his life.Did not know that Patton was in the summer Olympics !Meet a General's wife on the way out of the museum parking her car, she was the director of the museum (I think) and was so friendly to us ! ! For a minute there I thought she was going to invite us to stay for dinner once she hear we were from Arizona and Oregon. Nice Lady !

None of the reviews or information we read indicated that if we weren't US citizens we would be turned away at the gate. Myself and a few friends all travelling from Australia had been looking forward to the museum since planning our trip several months ago. We were all incredibly disappointed not be allowed through the security checkpoint as we weren't citizens and didn't have a sponsor. Especially considering the close military alliance that the two countries have shared in recent history.

On a recent trip south, with my Brother and my Father along (an annual snowbird trip), we detoured out of our way, stayed the night and hung around for half the morning at our hotel waiting for the oddly late 10am opening of the museum.We headed to the museum at around 10:15 and found the gate closed. We were a little confused at that, but then decided to check the Fort Knox post gate to see if it was accessible from there. The guard at that gate said no way, jose, maybe try the other gate, so we did that as well, and the guard there said that the only access was the Locked gate on the main road.We then called the Museum and got a gentleman on the phone (wish we had gotten a name), and after explaining that we were not able to get into the museum through the gate, he said, "you know, someone else told me that as well... Maybe try coming in through the post" We explained that we had already tried that, and he had no other suggestions or ideas. He just let us hang up and drive off.I guess we can't complain too much, as it was supposedly a free / cheap museum (as my dad likes!), but it was disappointing for my 82 year old dad, and me as well, as we are both very interested in the historical war/military museums.We probably won't be back to try again, as it is not on the usual route South, and we would hate to have the same thing happen again (or to other people, hence the low rating and review).

this a great place to do a field trip for your homeschool group, or just family time!!! This is a must see for any history buff!!!

Free!!! Nice museum. If you like war memorabilia, this is your museum. It is a work in progress as they are adding more areas to include a Vietnam era timepieces and Iraqi war memorabilia.

Visited this museum in 1987 and for a military museum it was interesting and contained a great deal about General Patton. My husband and step son went without me and were so impressed with the exhibits that they convinced me to go. I was not disappointed and was very impressed with how they had changed the displayed to offer a complete view of the objects. Very nice. Even more impressive was the table from Desert Storm and the picture of the signing of the surrender by the Iraqi's. This is part of my personal history and it was a honor to be able to share that with my family. Living long enough to see pieces of my history in a museum is shocking a bit but really cool. Please see this museum when you are in the Ft Knox area of Kentucky.

We were here for my son's graduation from LTC. It's a very nice museum. They are still working on it.

This place has a ton of potential. ..lots of unfinished exhibits and the self guided interactive tour is currently only available to IPhone users and not Android users. Still it is filled with great artifacts from Pattons career and is well worth the price of admission....which is anything you choose to pay. I will return next year and report the progress of this gem

Went in June 2014 while visiting Louisville for vacation.Patton has been a hero of mine since childhood and I always wanted to go here. My amazing wife planned this trip literally for this museum. Let me be frank; I was standing in the presence of a legends artifacts, and I soaked it up. His iconic black helmet from N. Africa, ivory handled pistols, custom bomber jacket, his unique tanker outfit... his meddled uniform! Awe inspiring.With that is out of the way... I will go again because the museum is not finished. It has it's new direction, and there are many, many places reserved for future exhibits. It's lacking a lot of information cards, with some exhibits not having explanations, or half finished. The lack of armor wasn't a disappointment, but they should highlight the ones still around. And they NEED to open the still under construction gift shop! They had actual video of Patton I wished I could buy there.Tips: In current condition, would take you 2-3 hours total; when finished, could easily take 4 hours. Price is a suggested donation, so pay what you want, but remember they need money for placards!Verdict: Worth the price; worth the special trip (for me)