At the Foundation’s commemoration for the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo announced that the United States Diplomacy Center has officially changed its name to the National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD).
The institution’s name was changed because the name “United States Diplomacy Center” did not clearly convey the institution’s role as a museum. NMAD more appropriately conveys the institution’s primary function as a one-of-a-kind museum in the nation’s capital with a focus on telling the story of American diplomacy. Consistent with the Museum’s mission as the US Diplomacy Center, NMAD will continue to serve as an education center with programs in diplomacy offered to middle school, high school, and university students.