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National Museum of the United States Army

The Medal of Honor Experience explains the award, the recommendation process, the Army decorations hierarchy, and individual recipient service. The museum’s wider galleries provide the operational and institutional context needed to understand many Army citations.

MOH-MUS-000003Evidence reviewed 2026-10-11Open to the public
Front entrance of the National Museum of the United States Army
National Museum of the United States Army entranceU.S. Army photo by Susan Fazakerley Smullen · Public domain (U.S. Army federal work) ↗ · Source ↗

Historical context

About this institution

The National Museum of the United States Army is the Army’s national public museum at Fort Belvoir. Its chronological galleries interpret the service of American soldiers from the Army’s founding through modern operations, while thematic spaces examine the institution, its people, and its relationship with the nation. A dedicated Medal of Honor Experience places the award within Army history.

Why it matters to Medal of Honor research

The museum is valuable for connecting individual citations to Army organization, campaigns, technology, soldier experience, and public commemoration across more than two centuries.

Collection guide

What to look for

The following highlights summarize the strongest verified reasons to include this institution in the archive. They are a planning guide, not a promise that every object is on view at all times.

Permanent Medal of Honor Experience and interactive decision kiosk

Five named Soldier Profiles spanning the Civil War through Iraq

Medal of Honor Garden with Army recipient names engraved in granite

Army award history, recommendation process, and design development

Verified connections

Medal of Honor relationships

6 total

Permanent Medal of Honor exhibit

Medal of Honor Experience and Garden

The museum’s permanent Medal of Honor Experience explains Army award history, the recommendation process, changing medal designs, and a decision-based interactive. The adjacent garden permanently engraves Army recipient names in granite.

Record: Medal of Honor Experience, third floor

Verified 2026-10-11 · Permanent

Evidence sources and scope

Official museum page identifies both the indoor permanent experience and adjacent recipient garden.

Permanent recipient profile

Robert Lewis Howard

The museum’s permanent Medal of Honor Experience presents Robert Lewis Howard as one of five named Soldier Profiles used in the exhibit’s decision and recipient interpretation. This relationship does not claim custody of the recipient’s original medal.

Record: Medal of Honor Experience Soldier Profile: Robert Lewis Howard

Verified 2026-10-11 · Permanent

Evidence sources and scope

Named on the official current exhibit page.

Permanent recipient profile

Emanuel Stance

The museum’s permanent Medal of Honor Experience presents Emanuel Stance as one of five named Soldier Profiles used in the exhibit’s decision and recipient interpretation. This relationship does not claim custody of the recipient’s original medal.

Record: Medal of Honor Experience Soldier Profile: Emanuel Stance

Verified 2026-10-11 · Permanent

Evidence sources and scope

Named on the official current exhibit page.

Permanent recipient profile

Daniel K. Inouye

The museum’s permanent Medal of Honor Experience presents Daniel K. Inouye as one of five named Soldier Profiles used in the exhibit’s decision and recipient interpretation. This relationship does not claim custody of the recipient’s original medal.

Record: Medal of Honor Experience Soldier Profile: Daniel K. Inouye

Verified 2026-10-11 · Permanent

Evidence sources and scope

Named on the official current exhibit page.

Permanent recipient profile

Paul Ray Smith

The museum’s permanent Medal of Honor Experience presents Paul Ray Smith as one of five named Soldier Profiles used in the exhibit’s decision and recipient interpretation. This relationship does not claim custody of the recipient’s original medal.

Record: Medal of Honor Experience Soldier Profile: Paul Ray Smith

Verified 2026-10-11 · Permanent

Evidence sources and scope

Named on the official current exhibit page.

Permanent recipient profile

Charles B. Tanner

The museum’s permanent Medal of Honor Experience presents Charles B. Tanner as one of five named Soldier Profiles used in the exhibit’s decision and recipient interpretation. This relationship does not claim custody of the recipient’s original medal.

Record: Medal of Honor Experience Soldier Profile: Charles B. Tanner

Verified 2026-10-11 · Permanent

Evidence sources and scope

Named on the official current exhibit page.

Collection focus

Historical specialties

U.S. Army historyMedal of Honor Experiencemilitary artifactseducation

Service connections

U.S. Army