This is great news. The Navy Museum is one of the best-kept secrets in Washington but very few people visit it because of the location on base at the Navy Yard. Hopefully the Navy can utilize one of the historic brick buildings next to the Navy Yard.
SECNAV Braithwaite Pledges Support for Navy History Museum Nearing Deal to Move off Washington Navy Yard
By: John Grady
June 16, 2020
"The Navy is nearing an agreement with a developer to swap land parcels in the District of Columbia and make way for a new National Museum of the United States Navy outside the fences of the Washington Navy Yard, those involved with the relocation efforts said.
Speaking online at the 94th annual meeting of the Naval Historical Foundation, Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite pledged to “re-invigorate the National Museum of the United States Navy,” which now attracts slightly more than 100,000 visitors annually.
Retired Rear Adm. Sam Cox, director of the Naval History and Heritage Command, estimated that a new museum outside the Navy Yard fences and within a six-minute walk of the region’s Metro rail system could draw up to 2 million visitors annually to tell the sea service’s story to the general public..."
https://news.usni.org/2020/06/16/sec...gton-navy-yard