Open daily from Memorial Day weekend through October, (free Sundays), visitors to the American Precision Museum, housed in the 1846 Robbins & Lawrence Armory, a National Historic Landmark, will see collections of not only significant machine tools but also early firearms, measuring devices, sewing machines, typewriters and other unique products of precision manufacturing.

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the museum opens two new exhibits Saturday, May 26th.

Full Duty: The Civil War Collection of Howard Coffin presents the first-ever exhibit of the private collection of one of Vermont’s best known Civil War historians.

Arming the Union: Tells the story of the critical role the Windsor armory played in outfitting the Union Army. The majority of the 1.5 million rifles made for the war were made using machinery designed and produced at the Robbins & Lawrence Armory. For more information, visit the museum’s website www.americanprecision.org

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