If firearms collector Robert Petersen had donated just one of his rare guns to the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, it would probably have been a big enough event to warrant its own exhibition and publicity campaign. So the fact that the California hunter and shooting sportsmen handed more than 400 firearms for display was a major coup for the local museum affiliated with the National Rifle Association, said its director Jim Supica.
Museum staff has spent the last 18 months setting up a new gallery in the facility's existing space on Waples Mill Road in Fairfax for Petersen's guns. Staff said the new exhibit, which opened Oct. 8, ensures that the National Firearms Museum is now considered the best gun museum in the United States.
"Firearms enthusiasts will make a special trip just to see this. ... This is the finest private gun collection in the country," said Supica.
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