National Firearms Museum + Museum Store Offer Extended Holiday Hours

The National Firearms Museum and Museum Store are pleased to offer extended hours for the holiday season. New hours of operation are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday through Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays.

Museum Director Jim Supica implemented the plan as a way to attract more visitors to the Museum, which currently sees some 40,000 people a year through its doors. He sees the holiday season as an important time for the Museum: "Of special significance at Thanksgiving is the Mayflower Gun, which is just inside the entrance of the Museum," Supica said. "This wheellock musket, brought to America by John Alden on the Mayflower, is a national treasure, believed to be the only known surviving Pilgrim firearm."

While you're at the Museum, be sure to stop by the Museum Store! Store Manager Benjamin Van Scoyoc keeps a fresh rotation of NRA logo and collector items. Check out the enormous array of books and gun-specific literature.

The store is currently packed with goodies perfect for holiday gift-giving. Pictured below are the ever-popular multicolored shotgun shell light strands, sold at $24.95 per package; NRA teddy bears at $5.95 each; ornaments priced at $5.95 and $6.95; a wooden chest which sells for $89.95; and a made-in-the U.S.A. NRA logo T-shirt priced at $21.95.