This national historic site preserves what remains of the USA's greatest federal armory, built under the command of General George Washington during the American Revolution. During its heyday in the Civil War, it turned out 1000 muskets a day. A college now occupies many of the former firearm factories, but exhibits in the Main Arsenal recall the armory's golden age.
The site holds one of the world's largest collections of firearms, including Remingtons, Colts, Lugers and even weapons from as early as the 1400s. For the weirdest sculpture you might ever see, don't miss the Organ of Muskets , composed of 645 rifles and made famous in an 1843 anti-war poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The armory is a 10-minute walk northeast from Court Sq along State St past Museum Quadrangle. If you are driving, take I-291 exit 3 to Armory St and follow it to Federal St.
