Disabled Access
The museum is wheelchair and stroller accessible and has a baby changing station.

Hotels
The Mologne House is a 200-room hotel in Building 20 at the intersection of Main Drive and 14th Street on the campus of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where the museum is located. It is open to service members, retirees, family members, and Department of Defense civilians who are visiting. 202-782-4600.

Other hotels, located off campus but open to the public, are:

* Crowne Plaza - 8777 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, Md. 301-598-0800
* Days Inn - 8040 13th St., Silver Spring, Md. 20910 301-588-4400
* Ramada Inn – 7990 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, Md 20910 301-565-3444
* The Hilton - 8727 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Md. 301-589-5200

Parking
On weekdays and weekends, parking is free in the museum's horseshoe-shaped driveway. To park in this area a parking pass must be picked up at the museum's information desk and displayed on the vehicle's dashboard. On weekends, parking is free anywhere on the campus of Walter Reed Army Medical Center and a parking pass from the museum is not needed. Bus parking is always available. For instructions, check with a visitor's service representative at the museum's information desk.

Public Transportation

The museum is a short cab or bus ride from the Silver Spring or Takoma Park stops on Metrorail's Red Line.

From the Silver Spring Metro station, take Metrobuses 70 or 71 to the Dahlia Street bus stop.

From the Takoma Park Metro station, take Metrobuses 52, 53, or 54 to the Butternut Street gate.

The only Metrobus currently allowed onto the Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus is the K1 bus, which on weekdays leaves Takoma Station in the morning at 6:07, 6:22, 6:39, 6:57, 7:13, 7:32, 7:48, 8:07, 8:24, 8:42, and 9 a.m. It runs every 18 minutes on weekdays between 3:36 and 6:54 p.m. It does not run on weekends. At WRAMC's entrance, a security guard gets on the bus and rides to the exit gate. Within the campus, visitors must have proper ID to get off the bus. It's fourth stop is at the bus shelter across the street from the entrance to the museum. (Note that the museum is open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) The K1 bus runs a clockwise loop in the mornings from Takoma station to WRAMC via Carroll, Cedar, 4th and Butternut streets. After traveling through WRAMC, the bus continues via Georgia Ave., Kalmia Rd., Eastern Ave., Blair Rd. and Cedar and Carroll streets to the station. In the afternoons, the bus runs a counterclockwise loop from the station to WRAMC and back to the station. For more information about the K1 Metrobus schedule, visit their web site at http://www.wmata.com/timetables/dc/k1.pdf

For more information about all Metrobus schedules, call 202-637-7000 or visit their web site at http://www.wmata.com.

Directions to the Museum are available here.

Restaurants
The hospital cafeteria on the third floor of Building 2 is also open to the public, as is Walt’s Express, located across from the entrance to the cafeteria, a self-serve operation that provides a quick meal of sandwiches, salads, pizza, hot dogs and beverages wrapped and ready to go. There is also a small restaurant inside the hotel on campus – The Mologne House (202-726-8700). The museum’s visitor services representatives at the front desk can guide you to these establishments.

Security Level
If you drive onto Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where the museum is located, your car may be stopped for a thorough inspection. Whether you drive or walk onto the campus, you must present a valid motor vehicle driver's license or other picture I.D. card and tell the gate personnel that the museum is your destination. Drivers will also be asked to present their vehicle's registration and insurance identification cards, which must be current in order to be given permission to enter. All adult passengers need to show a photo ID, but children in care of parents or guardians do not need to present identification.

Adult visitors are required to present a photo ID and sign in at the front desk of the Museum. For the safety of everyone, backpacks, bags must be presented for inspection.

Support
Admission is free, but contributions may be placed in a box located behind the information desk in the museum's lobby. Although the museum does not charge a fee for any of its tours, a donation is always greatly appreciated and when offered is often tied to the number of visitors on the tour and how long the tour takes. Groups have allocated $5-$10 per participant for a docent-led tour.