U.S. NAVY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
and NAVAL HERITAGE CENTER

Address: 701 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 123, Washington, DC 2004-2608
Contact: Edward Prados, Director, Education Institute
Tel/fax: 202-737-2300 ext. 735; / 202-737-2308
E-mail: ahoy@lonesailor.org
Internet: http://www.lonesailor.org/

Hours: 9:30-5 PM Mon.-Sat. (Mar-Oct). 10:30-4 PM Tue-Sat. (Nov-Feb).
Visitors: 70,000 per year

Mission Statement: To educate the public about the rich global heritage of the United States as a maritime nation; to recognize and honor the service and sacrifice of the men and women of the Navy, and other sea services, and their families; and to perpetuate their values of dedication, leadership, service to country, and teamwork in future generations of Americans.

Use of the Collection: Library is open Mon.-Fri regularly and some Saturdays from 10:00-4 PM. Appointments are not necessary. Currently, no archives are electronically accessible, however, in the future our Voices collection will be added to our web site.
Documents: 25 cents per page, Photographs: $15 for 8" x 10".
Respond to written inquiries within one week, copy orders the same day.

Collection Content:

• General areas - Naval History, World War II
• Library - 600 books, no technical drawings, 15,000 vessel photographs.
  Other documents: The Voices of the Navy Memorial collection contains over 1,000 personal accounts by sea service veterans. Seventy-five percent deal with World War II service. Further, we maintain a manuscript collection at East Carolina University (in North Carolina) that contains the original papers and scrapbooks of approximately one hundred veterans. We also have several hundred offprints and short publications.
• Paintings - 40 with 20 on public display.
• Models - 4 full display models
• Full scale historical vessels - none

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