Technology Throughout US History: How Weapons Evolved
From the time periods during Prehistory to 1877 in the United States, many things were changing and evolving and with that, technology, specifically weapons also changed and evolved. As people colonized, many different cultures mixed and weapons were intertwined and introduced by the native people and the colonizers to each other. Additionally, different wars, as well as different events like the Industrial Revolution changed technology and weapons, how they were used, and who used them.
Weapons
Current Exhibitions
Click on each of these photos to be immersed in the weaponry of different time periods in what is now the United States from the Native peoples' arrowheads to the cannons used in the civil war
About Us
This is a Digital Museum made to showcase, explain, and analyze the technology, but specifically the weapons used during History in the United States to 1877. Our goal was to make our website detailed and well researched, yet easy to navigate and understand.