Inside the US Armys spectacular hidden treasure room.

[Larry Davis]

So where is the Ark?


http://www.buzzfeed.com/<WBR>bennyjohnson/inside-the-armys-<WBR>spectacular-hidden-treasure-<WBR>room

[-Ray-]

Astounding!!!

The ultimate storage and display system as well. Thanks for the link.


-Ray-

[byf41]

So where is the Ark?


http://www.buzzfeed.com/<WBR>bennyjohnson/inside-the-armys-<WBR>spectacular-hidden-treasure-<WBR>room

And the temple of God was opened in heaven,and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament:.... Rev. 11:19. It was important to the Lord and he couldn't trust anyone to take care of it. Now he has it.

[Homer Hodge]

Looks to be a very impressive collection even if the Ark isn't there. And, of course, it may well be!
I look forward to the opening of the Army's museum; I've certainly contributed my share of dollars toward it.

[Steve Sherlock]

Very cool. The ultimate military museum!!
Thanks for posting.
Steve

[kammo man]

What is ark ?

[Seiler]

Astounding!
Seiler. ( I too paid some)

[Tom B]

WOW

[N.C. Wyeth]

That is only one of many repositories - some of the best, are in very remote locations out West.

[Killerbee]

That is only one of many repositories - some of the best, are in very remote locations out West.

Very true... actually, many here would be shocked about some of the repositories held privately throughout the US. I've had the privilege to tour many of them via my work... if that is what you can call it... and it is amazing and sad at the same time. Most people quickly think of the Getty collection... well, there are equally large private collections that will never see the light of day in our lifetime.

Jim

[james m]

Jim:
Is there any way you can provide some details about these private collections without violating any confidentiality agreements? I think I can safely state that many of the members here love hearing about collections like these even though they'll never get to see them.
Jim

[Larry Davis]

I would love to see the inventory of some of the other Government repositories. One can only imagine what was spirited away in the years after 1945.


byf41

"And the temple of God was opened in heaven,and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament:.... Rev. 11:19. It was important to the Lord and he couldn't trust anyone to take care of it. Now he has it. ""


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[byf41]

The ark is in heaven,God has it.

[PaulW]

The Nazi art items

I really don't get why they can't show the 'Nazi art', it seems crazy to talk about Nazi book burning, and then hypocritically effectively 'burn' Nazi art by ensuring it is never seen (so why not burn it).

I've seen glimpses of this stuff, there are soldiers in heroic poses, lots of Agrarian stuff (peasants toiling on the land etc). What is so 'dangerous' about that? Personally I'd only be moderately interested in seeing it, but this "it's too dangerous to be seen" nonsense gives it an aura of mystery it probably doesn't deserve. More PC nutters at work once again....

BTW - Thanks for posting, great link. Hope the museum does open in 2018 with or without the Nazi art! Hopefully there will be a hoard of Civil War items in there too.

[Killerbee]

Jim:
Is there any way you can provide some details about these private collections without violating any confidentiality agreements? I think I can safely state that many of the members here love hearing about collections like these even though they'll never get to see them.
Jim

Jim:

As you noted, there are confidentiality agreements up the kazoo. But if some fictional story writer were to make up a story on "hypothetical" real life events, something like the movie the "Monuments Men", he could go wild and create of story of intrigue and espionage that would create international controversy.

A fictional story in which a very limited circle of individuals involved could never correspond in writing or email and everything must be spoken via limited telephone but mostly in person. The subject is taboo of sorts and mimic a spy novel. Crates and crates, where in many cases have never been opened or the artifact/item seen day light since their original crating. That would make a interesting book to read, yes.

As a joke, I always have to ask when I tour a facility, "So where is the amber room?"... and then I show them this little mini hammer, and say, lets open some crates. Then I generally get that pause, silence and expressionless look, then a very quite chuckle... and then we move on... some people just do not have a sense of humor...

Here is something to think about. Think about all that "old" money and the hobbies of those money barons of the past, which had various collecting passions not unlike our own collecting habits of today, but only with their vast resources. It is quite crazy, really. When you get to sample review some of these items, you just pause in silence. I get that expression of wow and sadness at the same time.

I've suggested to many to open a museum. It would be good for the public and for tax purposes, but it always gets "poo pooed" for obvious reasons. Maybe, some day.

Jim