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U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Britt West, currently of Norfolk, Va., said he would loan his wartime motorcycle to the museum as a showpiece for around six months.
He said he planned to ride the motorcycle to town Saturday, but the rainy weather changed his plans. His father, Garland West of Tarboro, brought it to town in one of his moving business's vans.
West said he wanted to bring the motorcycle to the museum for display because he felt "it should be in a museum," and also to help draw more people to the museum, at 106 W. Church St.
The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
He said that displaying his motorcycle in the museum was better than it sitting in his garage, where it would "never be seen."
West purchased the motorcycle two years ago in the United Kingdom, while he was stationed there, he said.
West said that his father's interest in antique vehicles had "rubbed off" on him over the years when he bought the motorcycle, and that his father was really excited when he brought the motorcycle back to the States.
West said he knew the motorcycle was in use during the war because the previous owner in the United Kingdom said he'd bought it from Switzerland, where it had been restored. West said that civilian Liberators look like the wartime motorcycles, and are often painted in Army colors to look like wartime versions.
Museum board member Ben Dew, a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran, said he came to know about West's motorcycle through his niece, Elizabeth Lunsford.
Dew said West showed an interest in displaying the motorcycle at the museum, making arrangements to keep the motorcycle for the next few months.
Although a museum visitor coming to see the cycle might not have a great interest in military items, Dew said "(people) will see other things that interest them" when they come.
He noted that many of the items in the museum are rotated regularly, and "what you see on display is just part of" the items the museum carries.
Along with the motorcycle is an original operation manual and a leather holster for a Thompson submachine gun. Unlike most modern motorcycles, West's Liberator has two separate tanks in its fuel compartment, one for gasoline and the other for motor oil.
The motorcycle was on display during The Happening on the Common in May.
West said so far, he has "between $8,000 and $10,000" invested in the motorcycle.
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