Preservation · Remembrance · Historical interpretation
Explore verified institutions preserving Medal of Honor exhibits, original medals, recipient artifacts, archival material, and substantial historical collections. Each profile is written for visitors and researchers, with evidence boundaries made explicit.
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Houston, Texas, United States
The museum’s 92nd Infantry Division interpretation names Vernon J. Baker and John R. Fox while examining the discriminatory delay in awarding Medals of Honor to Black World War II servicemen. This provides strong individual recipient connections through curated historical narrative, without implying either man’s original medal is on-site.
Evidence reviewed 2026-10-12
View institution profileWashington, District of Columbia, United States
A dedicated first-floor Medal of Honor Gallery recognizes more than 140 Guardsmen who received the Medal and uses dioramas to interpret selected actions. The museum has also published recipient-specific videos demonstrating how individual actions, including Erwin Bleckley’s, are represented in the gallery.
Evidence reviewed 2026-10-09
View institution profileWashington, District of Columbia, United States
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s recipient records identify the museum as the location of multiple original Medals of Honor. The relationships below are collection-location records; they do not imply that every medal is continuously displayed.
Evidence reviewed 2026-10-09
View institution profileKansas City, Missouri, United States
The institution documents a major family gift from Joan Barkley Wells: her father John Lewis Barkley’s original Medal of Honor, correspondence, other decorations, and an oil portrait by Howard Chandler Christy. The museum states his original medal and portrait are displayed in its Main Gallery.
Evidence reviewed 2026-10-10
View institution profileWashington, District of Columbia, United States
The Smithsonian directly catalogs the original Medal of Honor awarded to Korean War Sergeant Cornelius H. Charlton and lists it on view in the Military History Gallery. It also catalogs First Lieutenant John Earl Warren Jr.’s original Vietnam War Medal of Honor, but his medal page is not evidence of current public exhibition.
Evidence reviewed 2026-10-12
View institution profileNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
The museum preserves and displays original Medals of Honor associated with several World War II recipients. Direct museum records document Jefferson Joseph DeBlanc’s Medal as donated and displayed, Johnnie David Hutchins’s Medal in the Road to Tokyo galleries, and Walter D. Ehlers’s Medal and oral history as part of the museum collection and exhibition program.
Evidence reviewed 2026-10-09
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