Museum of History

The Museum of History is a former museum located in Washington D.C. in Fallout 3. The structure itself is relatively undamaged, but the exhibits have mostly been destroyed or ruined. It contains the entrance to the Underworld, which is a city of sentient ghouls. Among other Lincoln artifacts (see below) the Museum also houses the only Lincoln's Repeater and Lincoln's Hat in the game.

Location
The museum is on the north side of The Mall, north and a little east of the Washington Monument.

Access
As with many Buildings, like the Washington Monument and Capitol Building, the only access to it would be through the Metro. Be warned, the Metro is inhabited by a number of Raiders, and the only way to get through the Metro to the Museum would be to fight your way through. The easiest way to get to the museum through the Metro would be to go in Anacostia Crossing and head up the tracks, then through the Museum Station.

Inhabitants
The museum -- except Underworld - is infested by feral ghouls.

Lincoln's Artifacts
The Museum of History houses a considerable number of artifacts of Abraham Lincoln. As the former president is a symbol of hope for slaves in the Wastelands, his artifacts are highly sought after by both slaves and slavers (and historians, of course).

See the main article for item locations and buyers.

Other notable loot

 * Nikola Tesla and You on the floor of a stall in the women's restroom in the Museum of History Entrance.
 * Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual on the desk next to the case containing Lincoln's Repeater (second floor of museum offices).
 * D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine in the kitchen area of Museum of History Lower Halls on a shelf. It is in the kitchen room with a first aid kit.
 * Nuka-Cola Quantum south of the kitchen area of Museum of History Lower Halls, underneath a table, in a crate. There is the possibility for another one in one of the two Nuka-Cola machines next to the table.
 * Stealth Boy is sometimes found at random opposite the turret control terminal on the first floor of the Museum of History Offices in the Average locked safe.

Bug
In the lower halls, there is a computer terminal you can hack to close a door just near the terminal. It will have an average lock on it if you close it using the computer terminal. You can pick its lock and close it again, and you can repeat that to gain unlimited Experience Points - this may not work on some newer patches of the game. This also does not work in the 360 version or the PS3 version, as picking locks that have already picked before does not yield experience.

One note about the door referenced above. In the 360 version unlocking repeatedly does show as a gain in the stat listing the number of picked locks. Though not sure if this will help in the achievement, as in this game it has already been attained. But it is worth mentioning.

The main door to the museum may also freeze. Sometimes when this happens, it never corrects itself, and the player may get locked out forever.