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, including a "Glowing One".

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.
 * 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.
 * Lincoln's Diary is found on the second floor of Museum of History Lower Halls inside the Southwest corner of the exhibition room
 * John Wilkes Booth Wanted Poster as well as the Civil War Draft Poster are found in the Museum of History Offices, Library section (the 2-story room with the turret), on the first floor on a book shelf in the southwest and southeast corners (respectively) of the room.
 * Action Abe Action Figure item found in the Museum of History Offices on a desk in the Archives room behind a Very Hard locked door. You can access this without lockpicking by going through the large hole in the wall nearby.
 * Lincoln's Hat is found in the Museum of History Offices in the room on the first right after going up the stairs by the half buried desk around the left side of the room.

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