The National Museum of the Marine Corps is the historical museum of the United States Marine Corps located astride I-95 near Marine Corps Base Quantico in Triangle, Virginia. There is no admission fee and parking at the Museum is free. The Museum Store carries a full line of Marine merchandise. The museum opened on November 10, 2006, and is now one of the top tourist attraction in the state, drawing over 500,000 people annually. The museum replaces both the Marine Corps Historical Center in the Washington Navy Yard, which closed on July 1, 2005, and the Marine Corps Air-Ground Museum in Quantico, Virginia, which closed on November 15, 2002.

Lee Duquette at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

Below: Displays of military aircraft high in the air inside the Leatherneck Gallery of the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

Karen Duquette took different views of the planes in the Leatherneck Gallery. Some photos were taken from below, and some from the balcony.

Below: View of a fighter plane from below and view from the balcony.

Below: More views from below and from the balcony

Ground displays in the Leatherneck Gallery of the museum - from below and from the balcony.

Lee Duquette still ready for action today.

Replica of Iwo Jima Monument.
It is behind glass so it was
hard to photograph.

Plans for a major expansion
to include sections on
more modern Marine Corps history.

Lee Duquette inside a mock-up of a landing craft, similar to one he was on when he was in the Marines.

Lee Duquette's speciality when he was in the Marine Corps was the M-60 Machine Gun.

Below: Flashback - Lee Duquette with his M-6- machine gun

The National Museum of the Marine Corps commemorates the anniversary of 9/11 with the temporary exhibit "9/11 - We Remember," which features an I-beam from the World Trade Center and a Pentagon building fragment as well as inspiring stories of extraordinary efforts that have been taken to keep America safe since that fateful day.

Below: A piece of the World Trade Center I-Beam.

Below: Pentagon Building Fragment

Below: A model of the National Museum of the Marine Corps and its proposed expansions. Check out the neat reflection (of an upside down Lee) in the photo below on the right.

Lee Duquette explored the grounds of the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

Lee Duquette:
Then and Now - Always Amazing.

Below: The Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel

The Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel and the etching on the window

Below: Monuments/memorials on the grounds of the National Museum of the Marine Corps

Sign: The Chesty Puller Overlook and statue

Below: Iwo Jima Monument on the roadside near the National Museum of the Marine Corps. in Triangle, Virginia.

Below: Entrance to Quantico - crossroads of the Marine Corps.

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NOTE:To see ALL visits to at the The National Museum of the Marine Corps, you may do so now. The other years are very different than this one, but part of this year is also included.

IMPORTANT: be sure to return here to continue on with the year 2014.

If you want to know about the Mameluke Sword (a 2011 visit) and other U.S. Marine stuff, check out the info at the Frankfort KY Cemetery.

If you have NOT seen all of the 2014 Virginia sections (13 sites plus 4 campgrounds), continue on to the rest of the 2014 adventures in Virginia and view them in the order of your choice.

Continue on in the order of travel to Maryland 2014