National Guard Memorial Museum

Last updated September 21, 2025

National Guard Memorial Museum


Location within Washington, D.C.
Location	National Guard Memorial Building Washington, DC
Coordinates	38°53′53″N77°00′34″W / 38.898064°N 77.009579°W / 38.898064; -77.009579
Type	Military museum
Collection size	5600 square feet
Public transit access	at Union Station
Website	www.ngef.org/Museum

The National Guard Memorial Museum is a military museum hosted by the National Guard Educational Foundation. It is located in northwestern Washington, DC, near the National Postal Museum, Union Station and Georgetown University Law Center. Covering 5600 square feet, the museum features six different thematic galleries all relating to the National Guard of the United States:^[1]

Militia Era
The National Guard Comes of Age
The Citizen Soldier in World War II
Cold War Era
National Guard in the Modern Era
Closing Sequence.

The museum is a member of the United States Army Museum System.^[2]

References

v t e United States Army history museums
Organization and history	National Guard Memorial Museum (Washington, DC) National Museum of the United States Army
Branches (official)	U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry Collection U.S. Army Aviation Museum U.S. Cavalry Museum U.S. Army Chaplain Museum Harbor Defense Museum National Infantry Museum U.S. Army Intelligence Museum U.S. Army Medical Department Museum Army Medical Museum and Library (succeeded by the National Museum of Health and Medicine) U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum U.S. Army Transportation Museum U.S. Army Women's Museum
Post and unit museums	1st Infantry Division Museum 82nd Airborne Division Museum Pratt Museum (101st Airborne Division) Fort George G. Meade Museum Fort Huachuca Museum Fort Lewis Military Museum General George Patton Museum (Fort Knox, KY) Watervliet Arsenal Museum West Point Museum Rock Island Arsenal Museum
State and private museums (affiliated with the Army Museum System)	Airborne & Special Operations Museum California State Military Museum Iowa Gold Star Military Museum Jackson Barracks Military Museum Kentucky Military History Museum Mississippi Armed Forces Museum National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey Oregon Military Museum Washington National Guard Museum
State and private (not affiliated with the Army Museum System)	African American Military History Museum Fort MacArthur Museum General George S. Patton Memorial Museum Wisconsin Veterans Museum
Regional history	U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii
Other	Army Art Program Army Heritage Center Foundation U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center U.S. Army Center of Military History Military history of the United States Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum

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