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 - depending on your difficulty - Feral Ghouls, Glowing Ones, and even Reavers. However, acquiring the Ghoul Mask shall make all of these enemies friendly.

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.

Museum of History Entrance

 * Nikola Tesla and You on the floor of a stall in the women's restroom in the Museum of History Entrance.

Museum of History Lower Halls

 * 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.(East Kitchen, West wall, bottom shelf.)
 * Nuka-Cola Quantum south of the kitchen area of Museum of History Lower Halls, underneath a table, in a crate. (One of the vending machines next to it may also contain a Quantum.)
 * Lincoln's Diary is found on the second floor of Museum of History Lower Halls inside the Northwest corner of the exhibition room

Museum of History Offices

 * Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual on the desk next to the case containing Lincoln's Repeater (second floor of museum offices).
 * 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.
 * Antique Lincoln Coin Collection on the top floor of the library section, when you get to the top of the stairs go through the door in front of you and across the hall. It is on the west wall of this 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 lock picking 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 to the first floor by the half buried desk around the left side of the room.
 * Lincoln's Voice is found in the Museum of History Offices. It is located in the Library (the 2-story room with the turret), upstairs, on a desk to the left of the hole blown in the main room up there.
 * Lincoln's Repeater is found in the display case in the Museum of History Offices. Up the stairs, through the hole in the wall, in the middle room towards the back left.
 * Civil War Draft Poster can be found in the southeast corner of the museum on the lower office level, on the top shelf of the bookcases you see when looking westwards. It seems that the poster can also fall to the ground as well. This maybe a result of the turret shooting at ghouls or maybe an odd placement by developers which causes it to fall. Check both top shelf or ground.

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.

When I first entered the lower levels of the Museum of American History, the feral ghouls, reavers, and one glowing one would not attack me. They just ran around after each other. They only attacked when shot at but still showed up on my radar as an enemy. (PC Version)

It is possible to re-lock the exhibit secuirity gates, after they have been picked, by hacking the nearby computer and closing them. You may then proceed to pick the locks again and again using this method- gaining exp. (360 Version)(I tried that and I could still lock pick (and the unlocking spot for each subsequent lock was different), but I wouldn't gain XP after the first pick.)