The Military Police Corps Regimental Museum is located in the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence Museum Complex at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The Museum is operated by the U.S. Army Center of Military History and our mission is to collect and preserve the material history of the Military Police of the U.S. Army from 1775 to present.
The Museum is currently home to over 5,000 artifacts, including textiles, MP insignia, equipment, weapons, and vehicles. We provide education to Soldiers in training at USAMPS, as well as members of the public.
The museum is open Monday-Friday, from 0800-1600 and Saturday 0800-1500. Closed Sundays and Federal Holidays.
We maintain an active Facebook page where we share MP History, as well as news and upcoming events.
FOUNDED IN 1956
History of the Military Police Museum
The Military Police Museum was founded in 1956 at the Provost Marshal General School at Fort Gordon, Georgia. In 1975, the Museum moved with the school (renamed the United States Military Police School) to Fort McClellan, Alabama. At Fort McClellan, the Museum enjoyed a much larger space and the collection grew to over 2,784 artifacts related to the history of U.S. Army Military Police. With the closure of Fort McClellan due to the Base Realignment and Closure Commission, both USAMPS and the Museum relocated to Fort Leonard Wood, opening on September 29, 2000.
SUPPORTING OUR HISTORY
MPRA and the Military Police Museum
The Military Police Museum has enjoyed the support of the Military Police Regimental Association for many years. In 1962, the association assisted with a fundraising drive for the Museum’s first major artifact purchase: a pair of original Harpers Ferry Arsenal Flintlock Pistols, Model 1805. These pistols are still prominently displayed today, just outside the Regimental Room. At both Fort Gordon and Fort McClellan, the Military Police Association assisted in planning and fundraising efforts to relocate the museum to larger quarters. Today, MPRA continues to support the museum through fundraising efforts, maintaining a supplemental fund for the Museum. This funding is utilized for the purchase of artifacts and exhibit improvements.
Replicas of “Gateway to the Regiment,” “Of the Troops and for the Troops,” and “Marechausse on Horeseback” are available at the Mahaffey Museum Complex MP Gift Shop.
Memorial Grove & Regimental Walkway Policy
Interested in placing a Bronze Unit Plaque in the Memorial Grove? Refer to Commemorative Memorabilia MP Memorial Grove Policy for details.