Marine Corps Museum and Historical Center

The Marine Corps Museum was located on the first floor of the Marine Corps Historical Society in Building 58 of the Washington Navy Yard, 9th and M Streets, Washington, D.C. It housed a wide variety of exhibits with artifacts relating to the history of the U.S. Marines.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United States Capitol and National Museum of the United States Navy.

United States Capitol

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The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. United States Capitol is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Marine Corps Museum and Historical Center.

National Museum of the United States Navy

Museum

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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. National Museum of the United States Navy is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Marine Corps Museum and Historical Center.

Nationals Park

Stadium

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Nationals Park is a baseball stadium along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals. Nationals Park is situated 4,200 feet west of Marine Corps Museum and Historical Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Anacostia.

Capitol Hill

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Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.

Anacostia

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Anacostia is the popular name for the huge swathe of the capital consisting of the many neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. Its heart, in the small, historic neighborhood of Anacostia, is immediately across the Frederick Douglass Bridge from the Nationals Ballpark.

Fairlawn

Neighborhood

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Fairlawn is a working class and middle class residential neighborhood in southeast Washington, D.C., United States. It is bounded by Interstate 295, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Minnesota Avenue SE, Naylor Road SE, and Good Hope Road SE.

Marine Corps Museum and Historical Center

Type: Museum
Also known as: “Marine Corps Museum”
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.87706° or 38° 52′ 37″ north

Longitude

-76.99359° or 76° 59′ 37″ west

Elevation

49 feet (15 metres)

Open location code

87C5V2G4+RH

GeoNames ID

4139511

Wikidata ID

Q6764109

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