“Go to war, do art.” Brigadier General Robert Denig, 1942
The Museum’s Marine Corps Combat Art Gallery opened in July 2017. The gallery features changing exhibitions of the Museum’s combat art collection or related collections on loan from other museums or individual artists.
Marine Corps Combat Art Program
The Marine Corps Combat Art Program traces its origins to 1942. Its mission: Keep Americans informed about what “their Marines” are doing at home and overseas. Managed today by the National Museum of the Marine Corps, the collection has grown to include more than 9,000 works of art created by 350 artists.
