• View of Springfield Armory overlooking the city of Springfield, 1855

    Springfield Armory

    National Historic Site Massachusetts

On-Site Research

Museum Collections Storage

Museum Collections Storage

(c) James Langone

Springfield Armory National Historic Site houses one of the world's largest firearms collections, as well as some documents, photographs and maps related to Springfield Armory.

If you are interested in research at Springfield Armory NHS, please do the following:

Explore collections online. The links can be found here.

Contact the Chief of Resource Management to discuss your project.

Did You Know?

Workers at Springfield Armory

Springfield Armory functioned in tandem with its sister armory in Harpers Ferry, (West) Virginia, providing arms for the nation from 1795 until Harpers Ferry Armory was burned down during the Civil War. Today, both sites are units of the National Park Service. More...