New Military Museums Hardcover – August 7, 2019

This is a landmark work on the architecture of military museums around the world. The author, John Zukowsky, is a foremost expert in the field of architecture and museums. And, he is really the only person to be able to write a book like this, having served for over two decades as the curator of architecture at The Art Institute along with having worked in similar positions at Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library.Zukowsky's "New Military Museums" is the first real study of the architecture and story behind many notable military museums around the world including The United States, Europe and Japan. The book is a treasure trove of photography and stories behind these vitally important institutions that are tasked with preserving the stories and artifacts of our military veterans.I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in architecture or military history. This book is one-of-a-kind and an invaluable resource.

In recent decades, military museums, once confined to either a specific historic site or event, have evolved into state-of-the-art institutions that trace our industrial and cultural evolution. Artfully retracing the mission, purpose and the architectural design of more than thirty museums built around the world, John Zukowsky has forged an important and lasting chronicle of the human costs of war. Merging pinpoint narrative with stunning photographs, Zukowsky recounts the brilliant conceptual interpretations of the leading architectural design firms of the era who helped to shape new, evocative and immersive experiences. International in scope, New Military Museums will appeal to anyone who understands that the individual stories of courage and sacrifice in the name of liberty and freedom should not be forgotten.