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Location Category ID:
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11950
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Added to Database:
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6 June 2011
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Last Edited:
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1 July 2012
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Address: |
Noordweg 15A, 3336 Zwijndrecht
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Opening Times: |
Marshall Museum moved to Overloon. Army Cars museum closed.
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Official Website: |
Marshall Museum
Army Cars
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Other Links: |
War Museums
White Star
Bunker Pictures
George Marshall Museum
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Latitude, Longitude: |
51.80813381
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4.62028473
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Location Accuracy: |
7
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Tanks Previously Here: |
1: Leopard 1-V Tank - Liberty Park Oorlogsmuseum, Overloon, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (Dates unknown)
2: M5 High Speed Tractor - Liberty Park Oorlogsmuseum, Overloon, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (Until 2006)
3: M4 High Speed Tractor - Liberty Park Oorlogsmuseum, Overloon, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (Until 2006)
4: M6 High Speed Tractor - Liberty Park Oorlogsmuseum, Overloon, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (Until 2006)
5: M4A3 (105) HVSS Sherman Tank - Liberty Park Oorlogsmuseum, Overloon, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (Until 2006)
6: M7B2 Priest Howitzer Motor Carriage - Private Collection, ʹt Harde, Elberg, Gelderland, The Netherlands (Until ca2011)
7: M32A1B3 Tank Recovery Vehicle - Liberty Park Oorlogsmuseum, Overloon, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (Until 2006)
8: M36B2 Gun Motor Carriage - Private Collection, ʹt Harde, Elberg, Gelderland, The Netherlands (Until ca2011)
9: M74 Tank Recovery Vehicle - Private Collection, ʹt Harde, Elberg, Gelderland, The Netherlands (Until ca2011)
10: M47 Patton Tank - Private Collection, ʹt Harde, Elberg, Gelderland, The Netherlands (Until ca2011)
11: M47 Patton Tank - Liberty Park Oorlogsmuseum, Overloon, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (Until 2006)
12: T-34-85 Tank - Hanson Collection, Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, North West England, Britain (Early 2000s)
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On May 24 1997, fifty years after the implementation of the Marshall Plan, the Marshall Museum in Zwijndrecht was opened by the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General G. A. Joulwan (USA). The museum, named after George C. Marshall, contained a collection of over 300 military vehicles. Early in 2006 the collection moved to the Liberty Park at Overloon, and the Zwijndrecht museum closed.
The founder of the collection, Jaap de Groot, started a small steel construction company named De Groot Construction in 1948.
After the Marshall Museum closed, Jaap de Groot continued to deal in military vehicles through his company Army Cars. In about 2008 a new museum was created on the site of the old Marshall Museum and known as the Army Cars Museum. Its collection consisted mostly of post-war US, European and Soviet vehicles.
Jaap de Groot died in April 2011 at the age of 88 (source: M. Krauss). The Army Cars collection has been sold off.
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