human: Does the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office offer tours?
assistant: School and group tours are welcome at the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum. Please contact tours@uspto.gov(link sends email) or the Office of the Chief Communications Officer at 571-272-8400 at least two weeks ahead of time to schedule a tour.
The museum is completely free and open to the public. It is located in the atrium of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Madison Building, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Va., and is easily accessible from the King Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations. The museum is open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The museum is closed Sundays and federal holidays. There is a gift shop.
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