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Central Coast Veterans Memorial Museum, San Luis Obispo, CA
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Central Coast Veterans Memorial Museum

Central Coast Veterans Memorial Museum is a museum in San Luis Obispo, CA, part of the Central Coast guide. Cost: free.

801 Grand Avenue, Suite 102 · San Luis Obispo, CA

Why you should go…

The Central Coast Veterans Memorial Museum is a nonprofit museum in San Luis Obispo, California that preserves military history and honors local veterans. Exhibits include artifacts, documents, photographs, firearms and uniforms spanning multiple conflicts, an armory display, and a Wall of Honor for fallen service members. The museum is a designated Library of Congress Veterans History Project site and has recorded more than 500 veteran oral histories since 2002.

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