United States Diplomacy Center

United States Diplomacy Center

Location within Washington, D.C.
Established	2000 (2000)
Location	Harry S Truman Building Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°53′40″N 77°02′54″W / 38.8944°N 77.0484°W / 38.8944; -77.0484Coordinates: 38°53′40″N 77°02′54″W / 38.8944°N 77.0484°W / 38.8944; -77.0484
Director	Kathy Johnson
Public transit access	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

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 late 2018.^[13]^[14]

References

↑ "FAQ's about the U.S. Diplomacy Center". United States Diplomacy Center. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
↑ "1 FAM 320 Bureau of Public Affairs (PA)". Foreign Affairs Manual. August 17, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
↑ "About the Diplomacy Center Foundation - DCF". Diplomacy Center Foundation. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
↑ "Coming Attraction" (PDF). Una Chapman Cox Foundation. May 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
↑ "Inspection of the Bureau of Public Affairs" (PDF). Inspector General of the Department of State. February 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
↑ "GSA awards $25 million contract for U.S. Diplomacy Center - Washington Business Journal". Washington Business Journal. May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
1 2 "Six Secretaries of State Celebrate Groundbreaking of U.S. Diplomacy Center". U.S. Department of State. September 3, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
↑ "Official Groundbreaking Ceremony for the U.S. Diplomacy Center (USDC)". U.S. Department of State. September 2, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
↑ "Digging diplomacy: Kerry, 5 predecessors at museum groundbreaking". CBS News. September 3, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
↑ "Kerry Welcomes Predecessors at New U.S. Diplomacy Center". NBC News. September 3, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
↑ "U.S. Diplomacy Center Groundbreaking Ceremony". C-SPAN. September 3, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
↑ "Final Environmental Assessment: United States Diplomacy Center" (PDF). National Capital Planning Commission. August 29, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
↑ "United States Diplomacy Center" (PDF). United States Diplomacy Center. August 24, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
↑ "Diplomacy Everywhere: Microsoft donates cutting-edge technology to bring diplomacy to life for visitors of the U.S. Diplomacy Center". Microsoft Corporation. February 25, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

External links

Agencies under the United States Department of State

Headquarters: Harry S Truman Building John Kerry, Secretary of State Tony Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources

Deputy Secretary of State & Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources	Bureau of Budget and Planning Counselor of the Department Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources

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Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs	Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau of Political-Military Affairs

Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs	Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau of Public Affairs Bureau of International Information Programs Department Spokesperson Office of the Historian Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs United States Diplomacy Center

Under Secretary for Management	Bureau of Administration Bureau of Consular Affairs Bureau of Diplomatic Security Bureau of Human Resources Bureau of Information Resource Management Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Diplomatic Reception Rooms Foreign Service Institute Office of Children's Issues Office of eDiplomacy Office of Foreign Missions Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation Office of Medical Services Office of White House Liaison

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Bureaus/Offices reporting directly to the Secretary	Bureau of Intelligence and Research Bureau of Legislative Affairs Executive Secretariat Operations Center Office of Civil Rights Office of Inspector General Office of the Legal Adviser Office of Policy Planning Staff Office of the Chief of Protocol Office of Global Food Security Office of Global Women's Issues Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator Office of Global Partnerships

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