National Medal of Honor Museum


The National Medal of Honor Museum is a museum that honors United States Armed Forces Medal of Honor recipients founded by the Medal of Honor Museum Foundation. This museum was authorized by the US Congress in 1999. That museum is scheduled to be built in Arlington, Texas mid-2023. It is being funded by the National Medal of Honor Foundation. Previously, the group decided to build the museum in Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant but decided on Arlington later.
It is scheduled to be built by the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation in Arlington, Texas. The location was announced on October 4, 2019 concluding a 5-year, nationwide competition that included Denver, New York City, San Diego, and Washington, D.C. It is projected to cost $150 million and open in 2024.

History

The group that has selected the Arlington Texas location abandoned the Mount Pleasant site and failed to raise the necessary funds. The previous Mount Pleasant effort was slated for completion in 2021, at a cost of $105 million, and planned to be 140 feet tall, 20 feet taller than Mount Pleasant's next tallest building. It was designed by Moshe Safdie, and faced much regulatory scrutiny and criticism by the Mount Pleasant Planning Commission. A more practical museum is being designed for Mount Pleasant to house the national museum that is unconnected to the Arlington museum. However, both the Medal of Honor Society and The Congressional Medal Honor Museum Foundation endorse other Medal of Honor museums around the country.