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Established 2000; 17 years ago (2000) Location Harry S Truman Building
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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. 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.
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History
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.
The National Capital Planning Commission approved the design in 2011. Construction of the museum officially began in late 2014. 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.
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. Hall 1, the main exhibit hall of the Center, is scheduled to open in late 2018.