Roughly 300 people showed up to the opening of Bulls Museum's WWI Mounted Rifles exhibition on Saturday.
"A lot of people came out of the woodwork," Bulls and Districts Historical Society secretary Helen Cooper said.
"It was really great."
Military cars and vintage vehicles were on display at the opening, as Wanganui Collegiate student Braedyn Freebairn gave a speech on Bess, one of the horses that came back from the war.
Lt Col Sholto Stephens, Commander of the Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles from Linton officiated at the opening, and military history author Terry Kinloch also spoke.