Consider this: There are more than 400 museums in the U.S. that celebrate the history of the military.
But not a single one devoted to American diplomacy.
That’s about to change.
A new museum celebrating the history of American diplomacy is being built at the U.S. Department of State. The U.S. Diplomacy Center (USDC) will feature 238 years of American diplomatic history, as well as an education area for students interested in diplomatic careers.
“The USDC project is unprecedented — the nation’s first education center and interactive museum dedicated to inspiring and educating the public about the history, practice and challenges of American diplomacy,” said Kathy A. Johnson, Director of the USDC.
The U.S. Diplomacy Center has collected over 6,200 objects to display in the new, 20,000-square-foot museum. Among them is a portion of the Berlin Wall, after it fell in 1989.
“Diplomacy is not quite the world’s oldest profession, but it remains one of the most misunderstood,” wrote William Burns, a veteran American diplomat.
Burns recently retired after spending 33 years at the U.S. Department of State. He is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
The work of American diplomats “has never been more important or more worthwhile,” he wrote in Foreign Policy in October 2014.
Consider this: There are more than 400 museums in the U.S. that celebrate the history of the military.But not a single one devoted to American diplomacy.That’s about to change.A new museum celebrating the history of American diplomacy is being built at the U.S. Department of State. The U.S. Diplomacy Center (USDC) will feature 238 years of American diplomatic history, as well as an education area for students interested in diplomatic careers.“The USDC project is unprecedented — the nation’s first education center and interactive museum dedicated to inspiring and educating the public about the history, practice and challenges of American diplomacy,” said Kathy A. Johnson, Director of the USDC.The U.S. Diplomacy Center has collected over 6,200 objects to display in the new, 20,000-square-foot museum. Among them is a portion of the Berlin Wall, after it fell in 1989. “Diplomacy is not quite the world’s oldest profession, but it remains one of the most misunderstood,” wrote William Burns, a veteran American diplomat.Burns recently retired after spending 33 years at the U.S. Department of State. He is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.The work of American diplomats “has never been more important or more worthwhile,” he wrote in Foreign Policy in October 2014.
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