Guam Pacific War Museum
Guam Pacific War Museum
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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AK_Divers60
Anchorage, AK84 contributions
Jun 2014 • Family
Very well kept and inexpensive way to see some of Guam's history. This is really an enjoyable place to visit. I have driven past this museum everyday for two years and marvel at the events that took place in and around this location during the war. Take some time to read through the information and you will truly leave with a good understanding of events the transpired right out the doors of the museum. The Japanese history is through the door on the right when walking in and the US history is on the left. There are a good number of WW2 artifacts throughout the grounds.
Written July 22, 2014
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kathysong
Middletown, CT99 contributions
Nov 2013 • Couples
This is a privately owned museum, put together by a native war vet who, I am sad to say, passed away shortly after we visited here. He put together WWII articles he scavenged over the years, and has posted wonderful documentation over the displays. The museum is constructed on jetways that have been creatively connected together. In addition to personal items left behind by soldiers, there are some cool vehicles that have been salvaged and restored. Don't miss this!
Written June 25, 2014
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vegasbaby1957
Denver, CO114 contributions
May 2012 • Family
The place is small but has a lot of old WW2 trucks, jeeps and equipment. It's free to go in and quite interesting.
Written June 2, 2012
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Emkay48910
Fayetteville, NC76 contributions
Aug 2016 • Friends
Admission is $3 and it feels worth exactly that. There are military items to see. However, the vehicles are parked so close together that you can't really see anything. The staff park their modern cars next to exhibits so they blocked a lot of my camera shots or I had to walk around the staff cars to see the historic vehicles. There was a vacuum with a long cord in part of the museum. It's a narrow hallway so I had to step around it. Another staff member sat inside an exhibit playing on his smart phone.
Written August 5, 2016
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Matt P
6 contributions
Small, but well kept you can see the love and attention that has gone into this important historical museum. At only us$ 3 per adult to get in it's great value. I spent about an hour going round with my wife, who enjoyed it and she didn't have any interest in matters military!! Take water as the outside part is hot, especially when coming out of the air con!
Written July 9, 2014
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BraulloBogart
Manila171 contributions
Apr 2014 • Family
The place is small but is full of history and culture. If you are interested in the world war like me, you will enjoy this place. They were able to preserve a lot of artifacts, both from the US and Japanese sides, and they have lots of war vehicles in the garage where you can even take pictures while riding them.
Written May 8, 2014
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Katie Cook
Austin, TX9 contributions
Jun 2019 • Family
This museum is perfect for anyone that is interested in World War II and Guam's involvement in that war. Great film and exhibits really tell the story well. Great gift shop too!
Written July 28, 2019
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Navy_Lady
San Diego, CA198 contributions
Apr 2019 • Friends
This museum was very informative and looks to have begun as a collection by John Gerber, the Marine responsible for getting Marine Drive changed to Marine Corps Drive. While this is a tribute by his children to his military service, it is expanded to include other Pacific War memorabilia. It only costs $3 for entry and does lean toward U.S. Marine Corps, it also has some old pictures of Guam wartime to include CHamoru as well as American and Japanese military. There are three aspects to the museum: the right is wartime pictures and local memorabilia, the middle is war machines and vehicles, and the left is a tribute to John Gerber and the U.S. Marine Corps. Definitely worthwhile to go visit!
Written April 28, 2019
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Gretchen V
3 contributions
Mar 2018 • Couples
We were here on 24 March, 2018, but this lovely museum is still very clear in my mind. It wasn’t lovely because of the focus (war is never lovely), but because of the absolutely clear sense of a hard-won peace that now reigns. The widow of the man who established the museum met us at the door to accept the very modest price of admission, and then encouraged us to explore on our own. The outdoor exhibits (mostly vehicles and artifacts) attracted the most people. I remember a young man climbing into a truck to imagine driving proudly around, and a largish group standing among the largish artifacts displayed outdoors. Especially striking among these was the torn-apart back half of a Japanese “zero”. There was also a Japanese flag (in apparently pristine condition) on a very tall flagpole, the better to be seen from almost anywhere on the grounds. (The last and most horrific of the fighting when the American forces returned to Guam must have taken place here.)
Looking for the indoor exhibits, I climbed an extremely steep hill at the back of the grounds, only to realize when I was almost at the top that I had made a mistake (it was the “Beware of the Dog” sign in the window which cued me in) and turned around to descend. It was just at this point that I had a very intense mental image of how horrendous the fighting on that hill, which must have been where the last Japanese troops were dug in, must have been. When I turned around to descend the hill, I realized how much more difficult it was going to be than climbing it had been. I did manage to reach the bottom without spraining or breaking anything, mostly through an intense effort of concentration, but I was lucky. (69-year-old women should never climb steep hills, even paved ones, by themselves!)
At the bottom once again, I found the indoor exhibits and began with the ones on Japan mostly because I knew that my husband would be beginning on the American side. The notations on the exhibits had been very carefully done, and sometimes asked for a response from the viewer. For example, there was one beautifully engraved “bento” box accompanied by a request for a translation of the name plate on it. When a small Japanese family came to the same item, I walked back from where I had been standing and asked the lady (I speak a little Japanese) if she could tell me what it said. When she replied “Suzuki”, I made a mental note of this and later passed the information on to Mrs. Gerber, the founder’s widow, in a note I asked someone to give her. There were other fascinating items, including some concerned with Yokoi Shouichi, a Japanese who was found still in hiding 27 years after the end of the war.
I was so interested in the half of the indoor exhibits devoted to the Japanese forces, that I only had a little time for the American side before my husband signalled me that it was time to leave. I realized that he would fill me in on it later, though, so I homed in on a small cluster if objects connected with Navaho code talkers (a favorite interest of mine because of its connection with Native Americans) and then left with considerable regret. If I am ever lucky enough to return to Guam, I will certainly try to visit this museum again, as it serves a really important function. I hope too that anyone who has ploughed through this perhaps-overly-long review will also pay the museum a visit if s/he gets the chance.
Looking for the indoor exhibits, I climbed an extremely steep hill at the back of the grounds, only to realize when I was almost at the top that I had made a mistake (it was the “Beware of the Dog” sign in the window which cued me in) and turned around to descend. It was just at this point that I had a very intense mental image of how horrendous the fighting on that hill, which must have been where the last Japanese troops were dug in, must have been. When I turned around to descend the hill, I realized how much more difficult it was going to be than climbing it had been. I did manage to reach the bottom without spraining or breaking anything, mostly through an intense effort of concentration, but I was lucky. (69-year-old women should never climb steep hills, even paved ones, by themselves!)
At the bottom once again, I found the indoor exhibits and began with the ones on Japan mostly because I knew that my husband would be beginning on the American side. The notations on the exhibits had been very carefully done, and sometimes asked for a response from the viewer. For example, there was one beautifully engraved “bento” box accompanied by a request for a translation of the name plate on it. When a small Japanese family came to the same item, I walked back from where I had been standing and asked the lady (I speak a little Japanese) if she could tell me what it said. When she replied “Suzuki”, I made a mental note of this and later passed the information on to Mrs. Gerber, the founder’s widow, in a note I asked someone to give her. There were other fascinating items, including some concerned with Yokoi Shouichi, a Japanese who was found still in hiding 27 years after the end of the war.
I was so interested in the half of the indoor exhibits devoted to the Japanese forces, that I only had a little time for the American side before my husband signalled me that it was time to leave. I realized that he would fill me in on it later, though, so I homed in on a small cluster if objects connected with Navaho code talkers (a favorite interest of mine because of its connection with Native Americans) and then left with considerable regret. If I am ever lucky enough to return to Guam, I will certainly try to visit this museum again, as it serves a really important function. I hope too that anyone who has ploughed through this perhaps-overly-long review will also pay the museum a visit if s/he gets the chance.
Written September 9, 2018
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coogeetony
Sydney Australia8 contributions
Nov 2014 • Couples
The museum is on highway 1 outside the naval base at Piti.
Admission is free and the volunteers that man the desk are very helpful and informative. It is wheel worth a visit.
Also if you are in the area, there is a privately funded museum just off hwy 1 on route 6.
For a $3 entry fee they have a great collection of military vehicles and memorabilia. Well worth a visit too.
Admission is free and the volunteers that man the desk are very helpful and informative. It is wheel worth a visit.
Also if you are in the area, there is a privately funded museum just off hwy 1 on route 6.
For a $3 entry fee they have a great collection of military vehicles and memorabilia. Well worth a visit too.
Written December 9, 2014
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質問なのですが、グアム太平洋戦争博物館からタクシーを呼ぶことは可能でしょうか？
おかしゃん
Nagoya, Japan236 contributions
私たちが行った時はおじいさんが1人で、料金を払ったらすぐどこかに行ってしまい
最後まで会いませんでした。あくまで個人？の小さなところですし、かなり辺鄙な
ところなので待っていても通る期待は持てません。英語が堪能なら頼むことも可能
かもしれませんが、タクシーで行くなら待っていてもらうことがおすすめです。
よほど熱心にみても1時間かかりません。私たちは20分ほどで、でてきました。
Ian C
South Burlington, VT9 contributions
I would like an Email Address to send photos of POW artwork that my 90 Year old Father-in-Law gave to us. Beautiful artwork that was done by Japanese POW's in exchange for cigarettes.
obiwan205
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia107 contributions
I am with the Visitors Authority for The Marianas on Saipan. Please send those pictures to me at brubat at that yaH00 place and I will see to it that they get to our museum here on Saipan and to the right people on Guam as well.
how much is it to go inside?
Emkay48910
Fayetteville, NC76 contributions
Admission is a $3 donation.
Eunice U
Manila, Philippines
Is the Guam Pacific War Museum still under construction/renovation? We are planning to visit on July 25 or July 26... will it be open on these dates?
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