The Martial Arts History Museum is an American museum that focuses on Asian art, music, culture and history as it connects with the history of martial arts located in Glendale, California, USA.What To Do in Burbank "Martial Arts History Museum", Visit Burbank, June 21, 2011.Ford, William "Santos Chang Honored by Martial Arts History Museum", The Rafu Shimpo, November 21, 2014. The Martial Arts History Museum is divided into several sectionsBalyien "Martial Arts History Museum", Five by Five, February 18, 2015. including China, Japan,Cultural News: Come to Japanese Art and Cultural Places "Martial Arts History Museum to relocated to Burbank", Cultural News, March 2, 2011. Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, America (including Hawaii in a separate category), Anime and Media.Neighborhoods "Martial Arts History Museum", Los Angeles.com, February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016 at the Wayback MachineFamily Days Out "Martial Arts History Museum", Great Things to do with Kids in the USA, February 1, 2016.
History
The Martial Arts History Museum launched its website in 1999 and later began hosting annual Hall of Fame ceremonies. Becoming a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, the Martial Arts History Museum took to the road as a traveling exhibitAll About Martial Arts "The Martial Arts History Museum Makes a Difference", All About Martial Arts, January 5, 2012 Archived from the original on November 8, 2014 at the Wayback Machine and traveled from as far south as San Diego to as far north as New Jersey. After six years of attending expos, anime festivals, martial arts tournaments, Asian shows, etc.,Ramada Inn Area Guide "Celebrate Asian art at the Martial Arts History Museum", Ramada Inn News, February 8, 2014. the Martial Arts History Museum began operating out of a permanent site in Santa Clarita, California in 2006. In 2010, the Martial Arts History Museum relocated to the city of Burbank, CA and reopened its doors to the public on June 25, 2011.Matsuda, Michael "The Martial Arts History Museum: How it all Began", Martial Arts History Museum, October 25, 2014.Lin, C.J. "Martial arts fans get their kicks at new history museum in Burbank", LA Daily News, June 26, 2011, Archived from the original on June 29, 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
The Martial Arts History Museum provides a series of annual documented historical publications that serve as a reference books for martial arts history. These include the history of the martial arts, the origin of the museum, and the Martial Arts Hall of FameMatsuda, Michael "The Official Hall of Fame", The Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame, January 15, 2015.The Action Elite "Martial Arts History Museum to honor the Late David Carradine", Film Combat Syndicate, December 11, 2014.
In 2024, the museum moved to an 8,000 square foot facility in Glendale.
Exhibits The Martial Arts History Museum has exhibits covering a wide variety of martial arts and the countries from which each evolved. There are displays relating to kung fu, samurai, ninja, karate, judo, Hawaiian Lua, Filipino kali and Thailand's Muay Thai including the weaponry used in each discipline.
A Media Room displays objects of martial arts movie and television memorabilia, including the real gopher chucks used by Steve Oedekerk in the film, "Kung Pow! Enter the Fist," the headbandHall, Martha "5 Little Known Museum In and Around Los Angeles", Mommy Poppins, September 9, 2013. used by Ralph Macchio in "The Karate Kid,"Bentancor, Nestor "G.I. Joe: Retaliatin Event at the Martial Arts History Museum", Desde Hollywood MovieNews, July 30, 2014. the demon mask from "Revenge of the Ninja," the uniform from " Wendy Wu", and an animatronic character just installed. In 2015, the museum introduced their latest exhibit, The History of Anime, which includes Hong Kong Phooey.Kreuzer, Nikki "Best Museum to Channel Bruce Lee", LA Weekly, January 1, 2014. Archived from the original on January 7, 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
Following the museum's move to Glendale, it added a room dedicated to the martial arts of Armenia.
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