The Museum collects, cares for, and preserves over 17 million artifacts, including priceless stamps housed in the National Postal Museum. We watch over everything from George Washington's field tent and the original Star Spangled Banner to Ford's 1913 Model-T and Dorothy's ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz. The Museum's collections document our national heritage in technology, industrial development, military history, transportation, textiles, costume, domestic life, sport, the arts, and community life. Box Office A box office is established as needed. Commuting The Federal Triangle and Smithsonian stations, on Metro's Blue and Orange lines, are located near the Museum.
Garage parking is available in the immediate vicinity.
The museum shop offers graphics, models, reproductions, books, crafts, and jewelry related to the museum's collections. The Museum has a cafeteria.