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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
The Naval Historical Center is organized into branches according to specialized subject areas. For the shortest response time when contacting the Center, please direct your inquiry to the appropriate branch.
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What the Branch Does
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Telephone
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| The Navy Museum | Exhibits artifacts from U.S. naval history, 1775-present | 202-433-4882 | 202-433-8200 |
| Navy Department Library navylibrary@navy.mil Privacy Advisory |
Collects and provides access to books, periodicals, documents, and manuscripts relating to naval and maritime history | 202-433-4132 | 202-433-9553 |
| Operational Archives | Collects U.S. Navy records on operations, policy and strategy from 1946 to the present as well as personal papers from the Revolutionary War era to the present | 202-433-3224 | 202-433-2833 |
| Curator Branch | Collects and preserves naval artifacts; manages the loan of Navy artifacts to museums and other agencies | 202-433-2220 | |
| Photographic Section | Collects photographs documenting all aspects of U.S. Navy history | 202-433-2765 | |
| Navy Art Collection | Displays and prepares traveling exhibitions including the work of naval combat artists | 202-433-3815 | 202-433-5635 |
| Ships History | Collects documentation and writes histories of individual navy ships, 1775-present | 202-433-3643 | |
| Aviation History | Maintains documents and collections relating to naval aviation, 1911-present | 202-433-4355 | |
| Naval Aviation News | Publishes Naval Aviation News, a professional magazine for active duty naval aviation personnel | 202-433-4407 | 202-433-2343 |
| Early History | Researchs and publishes studies of U.S. naval history, 1775-1918 | 202-433-2364 | 202-433-2729 |
| Contemporary History | Researches and publishes studies of U.S. naval history, 1945-present | 202-433-3891 | |
| Underwater Archaeology Branch | Advises on underwater archeology issues | 202-433-7562 | |
| Senior Historian | Administers the Center's major conferences and meetings, manages outreach programs involving scholarly awards, directs an oral history program, and supervises the Senior Editor of Naval Historical Center publications | 202-433-7230 | |
| Media Relations and Public Affairs Office |
Inquiries from the media about information concerning naval history, the interviewing of Navy historians and/or the use of Navy facilities for media purposes. | 202-433-7880 or 202-288-5093 | 202-433-3593 |
| For questions on topics not listed above | 202-433-2210 | 202-433-3593 | |
| Note: To contact the Naval Historical Center via DSN, use prefix 288. | |||
You may also contact the Naval Historical Center by mail. Correspondence should be addressed to:
[Name of the branch you wish to contact]
Naval Historical Center
805 Kidder Breese Street SE
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5060Note: The post office has requested that we use Washington Navy Yard as the city name. Mail addressed to us using Washington, DC may be misdirected.