National Museum of the United States Army in Fort Belvoir Virginia | FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The stainless-steel facade of the National Museum of the United States Army rises above a paved entrance plaza on the North Post of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the roughly 185,000-square-foot (17,200 sq m), five-pavilion building, which opened to the public on Nov. 11, 2020, Veterans Day. The Army Historical Foundation raised about $200 million in private funds to build the structure and its exterior grounds, while the U.S. Army owns and operates the museum

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