United States Diplomacy Center

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United States Diplomacy Center
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United States Diplomacy Center is located in Washington, D.C.
United States Diplomacy Center
Location within Washington, D.C.
Established 2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Location Harry S Truman Building Washington, D.C.
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Director Kathy Johnson
Public transit access WMATA Metro Logo.svg                Foggy Bottom
Website diplomacy.state.gov

The United States Diplomacy Center (USDC) is a future museum and education center at the U.S. Department of State, dedicated to showcasing the history, practices, and challenges of U.S. diplomacy.[1][2] The museum will be located at the 21st Street entrance of the Harry S Truman building in Washington, D.C., where the Department of State is headquartered. The State Department's Bureau of Public Affairs is in charge of the museum’s development, exhibits, artifact collection, education programs, and outreach.

History

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Six Secretaries of State (Left to right: Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, Henry Kissinger, current Secretary John Kerry, James Baker, and Colin Powell), at the Diplomacy Center's groundbreaking ceremony in September 2014

In 2000, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Ambassador Stephen Low, and Senator Charles Mathias formed the Diplomacy Center Foundation to support the Department of State in creating the Diplomacy Center.[3][4][5]

The National Capital Planning Commission approved the design in 2011.[6] Construction of the museum officially began in late 2014.[7][8] Secretary of State John Kerry as well as five former Secretaries of State (Henry Kissinger, James Baker, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, and Hillary Clinton) attended the groundbreaking ceremony on September 3, 2014.[7][9][10][11]

Future

The Diplomacy Center will have a 15,000 sq. ft. exterior Pavilion, along with two 10,000 sq. ft. areas in the northeast wing of the Harry S Truman building.[12] Hall 1, the main exhibit hall of the Center, is scheduled to open in 2017.[13][14]

References

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