The National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, opened to the public on March 25, 2025, as a national museum dedicated to the history and legacy of Medal of Honor recipients. Located in the city’s entertainment district, the museum uses immersive exhibits and interactive displays to tell the stories of service members whose actions earned the nation’s highest award for valor. In early 2026, it was also named the Best New Museum in America in USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.
Rather than focusing only on the medal itself, the museum emphasizes the lives and experiences of the people who received it. Its exhibits trace the Medal of Honor’s history from the Civil War forward and place individual acts of courage within the broader story of American military service. The museum describes its mission as preserving and promoting the legacy of recipients while encouraging visitors to reflect on courage, sacrifice and service in a broader civic context.
One of the museum’s central artifacts is a restored Bell UH-1 Huey helicopter donated by Vietnam War pilot Chuck Carlock and restored in California by Aircraft Restoration Services. The aircraft helps anchor the museum’s interpretation of combat service in the Vietnam era.