History
Since its establishment as the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor in 1948, the Museum has evolved to meet the demands of a changing military and a changing country. The Patton Museum Foundation (formerly the Cavalry-Armor Foundation) provided for the construction of the current facility and its substantial renovations in 2011 and 2018 at no cost to the U.S. Government. Until 2011, Fort Knox was also home to the Armor School, now located at Fort Benning, hence the Museum of Cavalry and Armor. Since the relocation of the Armor School and many of the tanks, the Museum has been reimagined as a Museum of Leadership. With the largest collection of Patton artifacts in the world, Fort Knox proved the perfect location for the Cadet Summer Training Program, where thousands of ROTC students from across the U.S. train in leadership skills to become future officers.
Specialties
The General George Patton Museum of Leadership seeks to inspire visitors to develop their own sense of good leadership, both professional and personal, strengthen the bonds of the Army, Fort Knox, and surrounding communities, foster interest in military history, and deepen the understanding of past choices and future possibilities . The museum accomplishes this mission by using military history as a vehicle to promote what a leader is and does, along with the Army Values, and to show the challenges and rewards that are inherent in building, training, and leading armies and other organizations.