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
Major General Pepke's Chinese M20 Tokarev Pistol
This cased Tokarev pattern pistol was presented to Major General Pepke at Pleiku during the Vietnam comflict. It is a Chinese variant that bear no manufacturer's markings - only the M20 designation and the serial number. Many of these unmarked pistols were exported to Africa in conjunction with other Chinese arms shipments in the 1980s.