The Pennsylvania Military Museum recounts the story of Commonwealth citizen's who served our country in defense of the nation. Their service is highlighted through exhibits and artifacts that are documented by the museum's excellent collection of vehicles and small arms. The current exhibit, Tactics and Logistics of Warfare, examines the organization of the armed services in the 20th century and the Pennsylvania connection to each.

First opened on Memorial Day 1969, the museum is adjacent to the Shrine of the 28th Infantry Division, the Pennsylvania National Guard. The grounds of the shrine and museum were once part of the estate of Theodore Davis Boal, a wealthy landowner and prominent citizen of the Centre Region. Boal raised a private militia that trained on these grounds and served overseas with the 28th Division during World War I. After the war, the training camp became an officers club and the division began to hold yearly reunions on the grounds. Monuments commemorating service and sacrifice were built and dedicated and the site eventually became the shrine it is today.

Appropriately located in Boalsburg, the birthplace of Memorial Day, the eye-catching colorful front façade design of the museum represents military service ribbons that actually required Pentagon approval. It had also won an award by the American Institute of Architects. This impressive site is a proud landmark of Boalsburg residents and the Happy Valley region, at large. The Pennsylvania Military Museum is many things to the many visitors it enjoys all year: a wonderful place for quiet reflection, a peaceful environment to walk a dog, the safest place to learn to ride a bike, the perfect picnic spot on the lawn or under a pavilion, and host to many patriotic celebrations and remembrances, as well as, an annual arts festival.