Artifact Donation

As a public health precaution in relation to COVID-19 (coronavirus), the National Museum of the Marine Corps is temporarily closed. 

Although we are not accepting artifact donations in person or through the mail during our closure, donors are welcome to submit a Donation Information Form to our curators.   If you have questions about the donation process, please contact Ben Kristy, NMMC Collections Branch Chief at
benjamin.kristy@usmcu.edu​. 



Donations of Artifacts, Photographs, and Archival Materials
The mission of the National Museum of the Marine Corps is to collect, preserve, and exhibit objects of interest to the history of the Marine Corps. To accomplish this goal, the Museum acquires a wide variety of artifacts and historic materials for use in exhibits, as reference materials, and to assist in the conduct of original research on Marine Corps history. The National Museum of the Marine Corps follows the ethical guidelines for acquiring artifacts established by the American Association of Museums (AAM).

Historic Artifacts:
The NMMC thanks you for your interest in donating your artifacts! The Museum collects three-dimensional artifacts (examples: vehicles, uniforms, weapons, personal effects, etc.) in a selective and responsible manner.  The Museum will accept only those items that the Museum can utilize and has the resources to professionally care for.  

If you have artifacts that you would like to donate to the Museum, please contact Ben Kristy, NMMC Collections Branch Chief at
benjamin.kristy@usmcu.edu and submit a Donation Information Form to:

National Museum of the Marine Corps
ATTN: Curatorial Services Department
2014 Anderson Ave.
Quantico, VA 22134-5002

Photographs and Archival Materials: Original documents are crucial to the mission of the Museum. Museum curators and researchers utilize photographs, personal papers and correspondence, official records, log books, etc. as part of the research required to prepare new exhibits and to prepare new publications. Archival materials of this kind are collected and preserved by the Archival Branch of the Marine Corps History Division,  located at Quantico, VA.

If you have any photographs, letters, official records, log books, etc., and wish to donate them to the Marine Corps History Division Archives Branch, please contact:

history.division@usmcu.edu

Recent Acquisitions

​The artifacts in this case were recently added to the museum's collection and illustrate the wide variety of items which the Museum collects and cares for in perpetuity. 

Visitors can view the case on the second deck of the Museum.

Please do not bring any artifacts, photographs, or other archival materials to the museum without first completing a Donation Information Form and speaking with a Museum representative. The National Museum of the Marine Corps will NOT be responsible for any items left at the Museum without prior approval of a Museum staff member.