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A Civil War buff, in the 1950s Arquette opened the Charley Weaver Museum of the Civil War in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The museum was housed in a building that had served as headquarters for General O.O. Howard during the Battle of Gettysburg, and remained in operation for about ten years. The site later became the Soldier's National Museum ...
Nov 21, 2014 · Actor Cliff Arquette was the first owner, and his TV name was assigned to the museum. 'One of the things he was most proud of was having his name on this museum,' Dickensheets said. The...
Mar 8, 2011 · In the 1950’s Cliff Arquette, aka, Charlie Weaver, purchased the building and established Cliff Arquette’s Soldiers Museum. The museum features hand carved wooden soldiers in battle dress. In 1997 more than 40 Dioramas were added featuring over 5,000 military miniatures, actual headgear, and weapons.
Jun 24, 2013 · Cliff Arquette’s Soldiers Museum opened in Gettysburg in 1959. Due to professional obligations in California, he sold the museum to Leroy Smith who continued operating it as Charlie Weaver’s American Museum of the Civil War with Cliff’s blessing. These carvings are a selection of the 57 figures that Charlie did.
Mar 19, 2012 · Soldier's National Museum. A former orphanage turned museum. Suggest edits to improve what we show. Recently closed, this is where the famous Charley Weaver aka Cliff Arquette (yes, of the acting family) set up his museum of his personal collection as he saw the town become one commercial venture after another.
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Nov 1, 2014 · He’s aware many people have emotional ties to the museum that go back decades, to the years when it was owned by entertainer Cliff Arquette (better known by his stage name, Charley Weaver)...
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He combined those interests in 1959 when he opened Cliff Arquette's Soldiers Museum (later Charley Weaver's American Museum of the Civil War) in Gettysburg. The museum stood along Baltimore Street on Cemetery Hill and displayed Civil War dioramas and figurines created by Arquette.
