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Marine Corps Museum; Established: 1940 (at Marine Corps Base Quantico) Location: 1940–1960 Little Hall Marine Corps Base Quantico Quantico, Virginia 1960–1976 Building 1019 Marine Corps Base Quantico 1977–2005 Marine Corps Historical Center Building 58 Washington Navy Yard 9th and M Streets Washington, DC United States: Type: Military History
This list of museums in Washington, D.C. encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
American Civil War museums in Washington, D.C. (2 P) Pages in category "Military and war museums in Washington, D.C." The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The United States Navy Memorial's Navy Log is the nation's largest publicly available database of Sea Service personnel. It was established as a tribute to those who have served and a permanent archive of their military service. It has over 745,000 entries that include photos, service branches, significant duty stations, awards, and more.
The Museum is located on 84 acres at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 20 miles south of Washington, D.C. Ground was broken for the museum in September 2016, and it was scheduled to open on June 4, 2020. [2] That opening was delayed as some of the gallery finishing work was suspended in response to COVID-19.
The museum opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology.It was one of the last structures designed by the renowned architectural firm McKim Mead & White.In 1980, the museum was renamed the National Museum of American History to represent its mission of the collection, care, study, and interpretation of objects that reflect the experience of the American people.
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The National Museum of the United States Navy, or U.S. Navy Museum for short, is the flagship museum of the United States Navy and is located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun Factory on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., United States. The U.S. Navy Museum is one of ten official Navy museums, [1 ...