Sunday through Friday: 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturdays: 9:30 AM to 7:00 PM
The Museum is closed on major holidays.

Admission is free.

Address:
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, Virginia 22030

Driving Directions: From the Washington Beltway (I-495), take I-66 west to Exit 57-A onto U.S. Route 50 East toward Fairfax. On Route 50, turn left at the first traffic light, onto Waples Mill Road. The blue and white NRA Headquarters building will be on your right. The National Firearms Museum is located on the first floor of the south tower.

For additional information, call (703) 267-1600.


Public Transportation

The nearest Metro station is the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU station on the Orange Line, about five miles away. Some of our visitors elect to take a taxi from the Vienna station to the museum for convenience. For more information on the Metro system, see www.wmata.com.

For a bus at the Vienna station, transfer to the Fairfax Connector line. Depending on the day and time, buses on the Government Center Line (routes 621 and 622) travel along Route 50 close to the museum. For more details on bus transportation, call (703) 339-7200 or check www.fairfaxconnector.com. Ask to get off at the intersection of Waples Mill Road and Route 50, and then walk about a quarter of a mile north along Waples Mill Road to the museum. (Fare as of February 2009: $1.35 cash or $1.25 on a SmarTrip card)

Fairfax City CUE buses are also available at the Vienna station. The CUE Gold 1 route travels west on Route 50 to Jermantown Road. At this intersection, you can get off and walk down to Waples Mill Road, which is the next intersection to the west. For more information on CUE buses, call (703) 385-7859 or check www.fairfaxva.gov/CUEBus/CUEBus.asp. (Fare as of February 2009: $1.35 cash or $1.25 on a SmarTrip card)

The 2B and 2G Metrobus routes also provide transportation between the Metro station and the corner of Waples Mill and Route 50. (Fare as of February 2009: $1.35 cash or $1.25 on a SmarTrip card)

Like no other institution, the National Firearms Museum proudly illustrates America’s priceless heritage of firearms, freedom and the American experience. Through its many galleries are the actual artifacts that were with the Pilgrims as they left the good ship Mayflower, marched with the American militamen at Lexington and Concord, camped near Gettysburg with Robert E. Lee, helped a young Annie Oakley put food on her family's table, or stood on the winner's platform at the Olympic Games. The tapestry of America has been woven by people, places and things and so in the National Firearms Museum, each of the threads of the past bear familiar names like Beretta, Browning, Colt, Marlin, Remington, Ruger, Savage, and Winchester.

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