Several parts of sprawling Bancroft Hall, one of the world's largest dormitories, are open to the public. Memorial Hall contains several rolls of honor, including lists of academy grads who were killed in action or who won the Medal of Honor. The academy's Visitor Center is located on King George Street inside Gate 1. The center is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March through December, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. January and February. The center is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
Preschoolers get in free.
Visiting hours for the academy are daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or sunset, whichever is later. Visitors in cars must enter via Gate 1 at the corner of Randall Street and King George Street. Drivers will be briefly halted by a Marine guard, then allowed to park in one of the nearby lots inside the academy. Pedestrians may also enter through Gate 3, at King Street and Maryland Avenue. Visitors may watch the brigade's formal dress parades on Worden Field, held on a dozen occasions in the spring, summer and fall.