National Museum of the United States Navy

The National Museum of the United States Navy, or U.S. Navy Museum for short, is the flagship 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 in , United States.
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  • Opening hours: Saturday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: flagship museum of the United States Navy
  • Also known as: “Building 76”, “National Museum of the U.S. Navy”, and “U.S. Navy Museum”
  • Address: 736 Sicard Street Southeast

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Commander, Navy Installations Command and Nationals Park.

Office
The is an Echelon II shore command responsible for all shore installations under the control of the United States Navy.

Stadium
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is a baseball along the in the Navy Yard neighborhood of It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals. is situated 3,500 feet west of National Museum of the United States Navy.

Stadium
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is a in the neighborhood of It is the home of D.C. United, DC Power FC, and Washington Spirit soccer teams, and the DC Defenders football team. is situated 1 mile west of National Museum of the United States Navy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anacostia and Fairlawn.

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

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

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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.

National Museum of the United States Navy

Latitude
38.87385° or 38° 52′ 26″ north
Longitude
-76.99532° or 76° 59′ 43″ west
Open location code
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tamil—“National Museum of the United States Navy” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “美国海军国家博物馆”
  • Chinese: “美國國家海軍博物館”
  • Chinese: “美國海軍博物館”
  • Chinese: “美國海軍國家博物館”
  • French: “U.S. Navy Museum”
  • French: “US Navy Museum”
  • German: “National Museum of the United States Navy”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון הלאומי של צי ארצות הברית”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ海軍国立博物館”
  • Japanese: “国立アメリカ海軍博物館”
  • Japanese: “美國海軍博物館”
  • Russian: “Музей ВМС США”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей ВМС США”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей военно-морских сил США”
  • Spanish: “Museo Nacional de la Armada de los Estados Unidos”
  • Tamil: “ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்கக் கடற்படை அருங்காட்சியகம்”

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Highlights include Washington Navy Yard and Cold War Gallery.

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