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  • Alice Albright, Anne Albright, and Katie Albright stand in front of a portrait of their mother Madeleine Albright

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    NMAD Hosts Opening Celebration of the Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection Exhibit

    September 17, 2024

    On September 12, 2024, the National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD) hosted a reception to celebrate the opening of the Read My Pins: The Madeleine…

  • The installed treaties on de-fences exhibits featuring sculptures on pedestals

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    Artist Jorge Otero-Pailos Unveils Treaties on De-Fences Exhibit at NMAD

    June 6, 2024

    The exhibit includes sculptures and an artist book of prints that highlight and advocate for the preservation of modernist U.S. embassies.

  • Rendering of the impact of diplomacy hall in the founding ambassadors' concourse

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    NMAD Unveils Latest Designs of New Permanent Exhibitions

    May 16, 2024

    The National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD) has reached 100% design for multiple exhibitions, which are anticipated to open to the public in the summer of 2025.

  • A group of students taking part in a diplomacy simulation

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    6 Ways to Celebrate International Education Week with NMAD

    November 7, 2023

    International Education Week is November 13-17, 2023. See how you can celebrate with us by using our latest educational resources in your classroom.

  • A Yemeni funerary monument on display at NMAD

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    NMAD Partners with Smithsonian for Special Yemen Exhibit

    August 23, 2023

    On August 8, 2023, the National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD) installed a special exhibit featuring a rare Yemeni artifact on loan from the Smithsonian’s…

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    The National Museum of American Diplomacy Launches New, Expanded Website

    November 18, 2022

    On November 16, 2022, the National Museum of American Diplomacy launched a redesigned website with a suite of new features. The new site will allow…

  • Two students sit looking at a simulation packet

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    Sign Up to Join Our Spring 2022 Diplomacy Simulation Teacher Trainings

    January 5, 2022

    Are you hoping to internationalize your classroom curriculum, enrich your classroom teaching on National History Day’s 2021-2022 theme “Debate and Diplomacy,” or find an interactive…

  • A group of teachers pose in front of a NMAD backdrop

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    National Museum of American Diplomacy Summer 2022 Teacher Workshop

    November 9, 2021

    The National Museum of American Diplomacy Summer 2022 Teacher Workshop: Preparing Students for College, Career, and Civic Life with Diplomacy Skills will immerse teachers in the work of the U.S. Department of State and the skills of diplomacy.

  • A group of students doing an in person diplomacy simulation

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    Apply to Join Our Diplomacy Simulation Teacher Trainings

    September 7, 2021

    Are you hoping to internationalize your classroom curriculum, prepare for National History Day’s 2021-2022 theme “Debate and Diplomacy,” or find an interactive activity for your…

  • photo collage of three different historic events

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    Introducing the Historical Diplomacy Simulation Program

    June 7, 2021

    How can we learn diplomacy through history? In June 2021, the National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD) launched the Historical Diplomacy Simulation Program. This program…

  • A collage of images of diplomats with a red play button

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    A Year Online: Our 10 Favorite Virtual Events of the Past Year

    April 28, 2021

    We asked our team to select their ten favorite online programs that we’ve hosted over the past year during the pandemic. From the history of…

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    NMAD Announces the Winners of ImpactHack 2020

    September 15, 2020

    On September 15, 2020, the National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD) held an online awards ceremony, broadcast over its website and social media accounts, to…

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    Diplomacy Simulations Go Virtual!

    June 10, 2020

    Along with museums worldwide, the National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD) was forced to close its doors in mid-March 2020 in response to the COVID-19…

  • Diplomat at podium with background posters

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    NMAD Welcomes Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering as Chairman of the Diplomacy Center Foundation

    April 7, 2020

    The National Museum of American Diplomacy is honored to welcome Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering as the Chairman of the Diplomacy Center Foundation Board of Directors.…

  • A group of students holding iPads sitting on the stairs of the museum in front of a piece of the Berlin Wall

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    NMAD debuts MADI, state-of-the-art in-museum mobile technology

    November 14, 2019

    Coinciding with the launch of the Berlin Wall exhibit, the National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD) launched the Museum of American Diplomacy Eye, or MADI,…

  • The Signature Segment of the Berlin Wall exhibit

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    New Berlin Wall exhibit and online interactive timeline launches

    November 14, 2019

    In November, in honor of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD) opened The Berlin…

  • A replica of the Secretary of State's office used in the show Madam Secretary

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    NMAD Collects Artifacts From the CBS show Madam Secretary

    October 11, 2019

    Madam Secretary Artifacts in the National Museum of American Diplomacy Collection In 2019, the National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD) was pleased to receive a…

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    Berlin Wall “Signature Segment” Case Installed

    September 11, 2019

    Over a two-week period in early August, the “Signature Segment” of the Berlin Wall located in the National Museum of American Diplomacy’s Pavilion was enclosed…

  • A basement storage facility with open shelves and cabinets

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    NMAD Completes New Collection Storage Facility

    August 7, 2019

    The National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD)’s collection has a new home following the completion of a custom designed 2,000 square-foot museum storage space. This…

  • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking in front of the exhibit

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    “From Pirates to Passports: A Timeless Commitment to Service” Exhibition Opens

    June 6, 2019

    From May 2019 to July 2019, the National Museum of American Diplomacy (formerly known as the U.S. Diplomacy Center) hosted the Bureau of Consular Affairs…

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