Fort Taber Military Museum and Cheap Car Rental in Massachusetts

Fort Taber District or the "Fort at Clark's Point" is a historic American Civil War era military fort on Wharf Road within the former Fort Rodman Military Reservation in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The fort is now part of Fort Taber Park, a 47 acre town park located at Clark's Point. It is operated by the Fort Taber and Fort Rodman Historical Association. You will be able to find a variety of activities at the Fort Taber Military Museum when you visit with your cheap car rental in Massachusetts including several gun batteries and a World War II Exercise Tiger tank is on display in the park. You can also get a chance to see an American Revolution and Civil War re-enactments.

A little history

Also known as the Old Stone Fort, Fort Taber was constructed in the late 1850s. In 1862 construction became overseen by Henry Robert, author of Robert's Rules of Order. Construction was halted in 1871 and the Fort Taber as planned was never completed. The site was officially added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Because of its construction history during the Civil War, local citizens called it Fort Taber after New Bedford's mayor during that period. However, the U.S. Army officially named the military reservation at the site and the fort as Fort Rodman Military Reservation, in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Logan Rodman, a New Bedford native with the 38th Massachusetts Infantry who died in the assault on Port Hudson, Louisiana in 1863.

The beginning of a new era

The Fort Taber Military Museum was officially opened in the summer of 2004. Since then it has grown in every way with new exhibited items, more volunteers, physical size with the construction of a new addition, and most importantly visitors. With an estimated annual visitor rate of 6,000 people, the museum has been hailed as the "biggest little military museum in the country" by the mayor of New Bedford, Scott Lang. The Fort Taber Military Museum is located at Fort Taber Park, and features a miniature model of the fort, uniforms from different eras during the fort's active use, photos and military memorabilia.

Getting bigger and better

In 2009 construction began on a 1,800 square-foot addition to the Fort Taber Military Museum. This renovation was made possible by a donation from the Bank of America. When you travel with your cheap car rental in Massachusetts to the Ford Taber Military Museum you will find that this addition will more than double the available area to display donated artifacts from the Revolutionary through the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. There is much more for you to experience when you travel with your cheap car rental in Massachusetts to the Ford Taber Military Museum.

The collection

Be fascinated with your cheap car rental in Massachusetts by the hidden gems that the Ford Taber Military Museum has to offer. Some of the fascinating exhibits that you will be able to see are a statue made by a German POW who was being held at Camp Edwards on Cape Cod, Samurai swords from WWII, artifacts recovered from area waters, and photos and biographies of every local serviceman who was killed in Vietnam. See this and so much more at the Ford Taber Military Museum.

Before you go?

The Fort Taber Military Museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 1 - 4 pm.

For more information when you travel to the Fort Taber Military Museum you’re your cheap car rental in Massachusetts check out their official website at www.forttaber.org or call 508 994 3938.