Museum of History

The Museum of History or Museum of American History is a former museum turned ghoul settlement located in Washington, D.C. in 2277.Museum of History signage
==Layout==
The Museum of History can be accessed through the metro. One route is via Anacostia Crossing Station, following the tracks into Museum Station. The museum is on the north side of the Mall, north and a little east of the Washington Monument. Its east and west wings straddle the Museum station western exit. Willow, the Underworld sentry, can be found patrolling the area between the metro station and the museum entrance.
The structure itself is relatively undamaged, but most of the exhibits have been destroyed or ruined. A T-Rex skeleton and woolly mammoth are found at the entrance, which also serves as the entrance to Underworld, a city of ghouls. The museum’s lower halls and offices also house a number of artifacts of Abraham Lincoln such as Lincoln's repeater and hat.
While the entrance and Underworld are safe, the lower halls and offices are infested by feral ghouls, glowing ones and reavers. With the Broken Steel add-on installed and Take it Back! completed, a ghoul named Griffon can be found at the entrance hall selling The Amazing Aqua Cura! which is Aqua Pura with a "secret ingredient."
==Notable loot==
===Lincoln's artifacts===
The Museum of History houses a considerable number of artifacts of Abraham Lincoln. As the former president is a symbol of hope for slaves in the wastelands, his artifacts are highly sought after by escaped slaves, slavers, and historians. See the main article for item locations and buyers.
===Museum of History entrance===
* Nikola Tesla and You is located just inside the museum in the women's bathroom, last stall on the left.
===Museum of History Lower Halls===
* D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine in the kitchen area of the lower halls on a shelf. It is in the kitchen room with a first aid box (east kitchen, west wall, bottom shelf).
* Nuka-Cola Quantum east of the kitchen area of the museum's lower halls, underneath a table, in a crate to the left of the Nuka-Cola machines.
* Lincoln's diary is found on the second floor of the Museum of History's lower halls inside the northwest corner of the exhibition room.
===Museum of History offices===
* Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual on a desk next to the case containing Lincoln's repeater (second floor of museum offices).
* John Wilkes Booth wanted poster as well as the Civil War draft poster (also indicated below) are found in the Museum of History offices, library section (the 2-story room with the turret), on the lower floor of the room, on bookshelves in the southwest and southeast corners respectively.
* Antique Lincoln coin collection on the top floor of the library section, when you get to the top of the stairs go through the doorway your right, then north along the hallway and into the first room on the right. It is on a bookshelf on the west side of this room.
* Action Abe action figure item found in the offices on a desk in the archives room behind a very hard locked door. You can access this without lock picking by going through the large hole in the wall nearby.
* Lincoln's hat is found on the first floor of the offices in the first room on the right after coming up the stairs from the lower halls. The room has a large hole in its ceiling and is located next to the men's bathroom.
* Lincoln's voice is found in the Museum of History offices. It is located in the library (the 2-story room with the turret), upstairs, on a desk to the left of the hole blown in the main room up there.
* Lincoln's repeater is found in the display case in the Museum of History offices. Up the stairs in the library, through the hole in the wall, back of the room look left before door.
* Civil War draft poster can be found in the southeast corner of the museum on the lower office level, on the top shelf of the bookcases you see when looking westwards. It seems that the poster can also fall to the ground as well. This may be a result of the turret shooting at ghouls or maybe an odd placement by developers which causes it to fall. Check both the top shelf and the ground.
* Lincoln Memorial poster (also indicated above) is found on the upper level of the Museum of History offices to the right of the broken section of the wall, hanging on the wall behind a desk. The poster will not appear there until the player talks with Caleb Smith during the Head of State quest. Be aware it is also in the line of fire of the defense turret hanging from the ceiling, so additional caution would be advised when retrieving it.
==Notes==
Fawkes will be waiting in the entrance hall if one decides to free him from Vault 87, without recruiting him as a companion or if dismissed.
==Appearances==
The Museum of History appears only .
==Behind the scenes==
* The Museum of History is based on the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
* The extremities of the T-Rex skeleton has three digits but the real world Tyrannosaurus-rex only had two.
==Bugs==
* When the player first enters the lower levels of the Museum of History, the feral ghouls, reavers, and one glowing one may not attack the player. They may just run around after each other, not attacking the player until attacked, while appearing as enemies on the player's radar. 
* If the player wears the ghoul mask into the abandoned portion of the Museum of History, not only will the feral ghouls refrain from attacking, but the automated turrets will not target the player. 
* It is possible to re-lock the exhibit security gates, after they have been picked, by hacking the nearby computer and closing them. You may then proceed to pick the locks again using this method, gaining XP (fixed in patch 1.1). 
* When leaving Underworld, while walking through the museum entrance, your followers will disappear. This does not happen with Fawkes, due to the fact that it is his waiting point. The followers should reappear on exiting the area. Followers may materialize through the door a few seconds after you have left, rather than just appearing instantly. 
* Sometimes after destroying the turrets the shooting sound effects will continue to play. 
* Sometimes when fast traveling to the museum, a super mutant will spawn inside the museum's cell. The only way to get to the super mutant is to use the console command of and walk through the building. It can be killed and looted normally. 
==Gallery==
FO3 Museum of History signage.jpg
FO3 MoH Resource Wars.jpg|Resource Wars 2052–Present
FO3 MoH 2066-2077.jpg|Alaskan liberation 2066-2077
FO3 121021 Locations 5.jpg
FO3 MoH 1941-45.jpg|World War II
FO3 121021 Locations 6.jpg
FO3 MoH 1861-1865.jpg|Presidency of Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865
FO3 121021 Locations 7.jpg
FO3 121021 Locations 8.jpg
MoH_MammothTRex.jpg|T-Rex and mammoth on display
FO3 121021 Locations 4.jpg
FO3 121021 Locations 3.jpg
FO3 121021 Locations 2.jpg
Lincolns repeater case.jpg|Lincoln's repeater
Voice Location.jpg|Lincoln's voice
FO3 Coin Collection.jpg|Antique Lincoln coin collection
FO3 Abe Action figure.jpg|Action Abe action figure
FO3 Lincoln's hat.jpg|Lincoln's hat
FO3 Museum of Tech interior 34.jpg
FO3 Museum of Tech interior 23.jpg
FO3 Wanted poster.jpg|John Wilkes Booth wanted poster
FO3 War draft.jpg|Civil War draft poster
FO3 CA SOTM Museum of History.jpg|Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual
Nikola_Tesla_and_You_Museum_of_History.jpg|Nikola Tesla and You
DC_Journal_of_IM_Museum_of_History.jpg|D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine
Fo3 NC Quantum MoH lower halls.jpg|Nuka-Cola Quantum
Mussign2.png|Texture file
Ms06draftposter.png|Civil War draft poster texture file
Museumofamericanhistory2.jpg|Inside view from Channel 8: Washington, D.C. of the Prepare for the Future teaser site
Museum of History CA1.jpg|Concept art by Adam Adamowicz
==References==
Category:Fallout 3 locations
Category:Museums
ru:Исторический музей
de:Geschichtsmuseum
es:Museo de Historia
pl:Muzeum Historyczne
uk:Історичний музей