You wind in and around through different doors, stairs and rooms to see the different exhibits they have set up with some memorabilia, photos, and loads of information. You get to see the crew mess hall, the kitchen, and the various levels of crew quarters and offices. Then you go down into the battleship and walk around the 1st level. They had information about the navigational charts that they did and you could see all of the controls and the ships wheel. ![]() The bridge was the best part, as they had the open air bridge and then the enclosed bridge. There are many historical photos to see, to picture how it was back then. There is also case of the document (I assume it’s the actual one). The surrender deck was super interesting and had the area roped off where the actual document was signed. The top deck had some informational signs and were mostly about the Japanese kamikaze pilots. Arizona and the rest of Pearl Harbor) and then walk around the top deck, around to the surrender deck, and around and up to the bridge. We did the recommended loop which was to go to towards the front to the bow (Where there is a great view of the U.S.S. I did see a couple of other tour guides around the ship giving tours, or just posted about (I assume to answer any questions you have or give you directions). They mentioned that a guided tour was included upon purchasing admission, but as we entered, the folks welcoming us just directed us to go on the self guided tour. ![]() ![]() We arrived about one hour before they closed and we were assured we would have enough time. If not, then you park at the pearl harbor visitor’s center and a bus will take you to drop you off and pick you up to bring you back. If you have military base access, you can drive through the gate and directly to the parking lot here. Missouri was one of the last commissioned battleships, as well as where WWII came to an end, we knew we wanted to visit the museum.
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