The Galleries
- Robert E. Petersen Collection
- Ancient Firearms - 1350 to 1700
- Road to American Liberty - 1700 to 1780
- A Prospering New Republic - 1780 to 1860
- A Nation Asunder - 1861 to 1865
- The American West - 1850 to 1900
- Innovation, Oddities and Competition
- Theodore Roosevelt and Elegant Arms - 1880s to 1920s
- World War I and Firearms Innovation
- WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Beyond - 1940 to Present
- For the Fun of It
- Modern Firearms - 1950 to Present
- Hollywood Guns
Civil War Imported Arms
- Adams Army Percussion Revolver
- Austrian Percussion Pistol
- Barnett (London, England) Model 1853 Enfield Percussion Rifle-Musket
- Belgian Double-Action Pinfire Revolver
- Belgian Double-Action Pinfire Revolver
- Belgian Single-Action Pinfire Revolver
- Charles Ingram (England) Volunteer Pattern Percussion Rifle
- David Herman Double-Action Percussion Revolver
- English Double-Action Bar-Hammer Percussion Revolver
- LeFaucheux (Belgium) Revolver
- LeFaucheux (France) Double-Action Pinfire Revolver
- LeMat (France) Second Model Percussion Revolver
- LeMat (Liege, Belgium) Pinfire Revolver
- London Armory Company Kerr Revolver
- Lorenz (Austria) Model 1855 Percussion Rifle
- Lorenz (Austria) Percussion Musket
- Suhl (Germany) Model 1839 Muzzleloading Percussion Musket
- Tranter/Adams (London, England) Patent Percussion Revolver
- Westley Richards (London, England) Officer's Model Percussion Musketoon