Yes, you can tour the FBI Education Center, but visits require up to a month of advanced notice.
Seeing the J. Edgar Hoover Building, or FBI HQ (as some in the know might call it), is a pretty great way to experience the increasingly important work the FBI does to protect this city – and this country.
How to Arrange a Visit
- All visits must be arranged through your Congressional office.
- Use and contact information.
- Advance notice of up to one month is required. This is because the FBI conducts a security check on all visitors arranged through Congressional offices.
- Visit duration: Approximately two hours.
Important Visitor Requirements
- All visitors must be U.S. citizens or valid green card holders.
- Visitors age 16 and older must present a valid, REAL ID-compliant, government-issued photo ID upon entry.
Location & Transportation
The is located between 9th and 10th Streets NW, on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Closest Metro stops:
- Federal Triangle (Orange, Blue, Silver Lines)
- Metro Center (Red Line)
- Gallery Place/Chinatown (Red, Yellow, Green Lines)
- Archives/Navy Memorial (Yellow, Green Lines)
More on the FBI Building and Tour
The tour of the FBI is actually one of the oldest ones around. It started in 1937, when headquarters was in the Department of Justice building. In 1975, the FBI moved to its current location, the J. Edgar Hoover Building, on Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
After Sept. 11, the tour closed for security reasons. Never fear, sleuths of all ages. It’s now back open and, we’d say, better than ever. The tour was modernized and updated in 2008, as the FBI created a full-fledged to assist in teaching the public the importance and central role of the FBI in law enforcement and national security.
But what does the FBI actually do?
Surely, you’ll learn just a bit more about that on the tour, but we can clue you in on a couple things. The FBI’s mission is to protect the United States from internal and external threats, whether clear and imminently dangerous, or more metaphysical and long-term, all with the goal of improving the security of our nation. The FBI has grown and changed since its inception, now incorporating both intelligence and law enforcement in its mandate. That means it works to uphold local and national laws, but also investigate those hard-to-define threats. And, OK, since you probably aren’t a special agent, we can tell you some of the things these important people, stationed all over the world, look into: domestic and international terrorism, counterintelligence, cyberwarfare, corruption, civil rights, organized crime (the “mob”), white-collar crime and more.
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