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Now, the junior Allie is preparing his own Army museum for its first top-to-bottom renovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded in 1905, the Rock Island Arsenal Museum in Illinois is the Army\u2019s second oldest \u2014 and it will soon receive its first complete renovation in more than 80 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A part of the 30-museum Army Museum Enterprise, the mission of Rock Island Arsenal has remained telling the story of the Arsenal as it relates to its impact on greater service \u2014 and the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur mission was not to tell the whole Army story, or to tell the history of all small arms,\u201d Allie, the museum\u2019s director, told Military Times during a private showing of the renovation process. \u201c[The mission is] to tell the history of the arsenal, through its people, through its commands, through the things it\u2019s made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile we still tell a very Army story, we also we tell that all through the lens of Rock Islanders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rock Island Arsenal hosts a number of important commands for the service. First U.S. Army, the oldest and longest established field Army, is located on the island. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2023\/04\/23\/why-the-155mm-round-is-so-critical-to-the-war-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Army Joint Munitions Command<\/a>, responsible for \u201clogistics sustainment, readiness and acquisition support\u201d of ammunition, is also headquartered there, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/03\/03\/issues-with-the-armys-europe-based-equipment-trigger-readiness-alarms\/\" target=\"_blank\">Army Sustainment Command<\/a> and a branch of Army Contracting Command, according to the Rock Island Arsenal website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sitting in the middle of the Mississippi River, the Arsenal is located at the only point where the river flows East to West. That very place \u2014 the upper Mississippi River \u2014 is where the museum\u2019s storytelling begins, with the mapping of the region by Zebulon Pike. Pike would eventually be captured by Spanish soldiers in the American Southwest, but not before gaining enough notoriety to have Pike\u2019s Peak in Colorado named in his honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the initial founding of Fort Armstrong on the Arsenal\u2019s location to the Blackhawk War, the exhibits unfold in a horseshoe shape in the limestone building that hosts the museum. Through the early centuries of the Rock Island Arsenal to the present day, the museum has touched on the important people, weapons and stories that took place in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But one of the museum\u2019s major efforts, Allie said, is to highlight the sheer amount of capabilities the arsenal has produced and distributed to the service over the years. In fact, all of the service\u2019s 30 museums house at least one weapon or product made at the Rock Island Arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think that\u2019s really telling in a lot of ways, just the global reach that we have had and the impact on the warfighter that this community has had,\u201d Allie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, as the Army in particular suffers from a recruiting crisis, Allie believes museums offer one way to positively influence the perception of possible recruits \u2014 and children who might be interacting with the military for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRecruiting is a big thing right now, and for many people, this is the first contact they\u2019re going to have with with their country\u2019s military,\u201d Allie said. \u201cWe need to make sure it\u2019s a positive experience, and we need to show them all the ways that they can serve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the inspiration for the museum\u2019s renovation was particularly special for Allie \u2014 considering his relation to those providing input.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While planning out renovations, Allie considered how children like his own \u2014 5-year-old Walker and 3-year-old Weston \u2014 would experience a museum differently than other age groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As such, hands-on exhibits rather than small placards of information were taken into account during planning, Allie said. 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