White House Visitor’s Center

The White House Visitor Center is a nearly 1,600-square-foot museum-caliber visitor experience featuring interactive exhibits, a large-scale model of the White House, numerous tactile exhibits, museum galleries, a temporary exhibit area, and the White House Historical Association retail shop. The Visitor Center provides a window into the Executive Mansion and its history as a companion to a White House tour, or as a stand-alone experience for those without a tour. Nearly 100 artifacts are on display, some for the first time such as President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s desk.
The White House Visitor Center is operated by the National Park Service and is housed in historic Baldrige Hall in the Department of Commerce building. The Center includes a flagship retail store for the White House Historical Association that features new and treasured items that support their mission of enhancing the understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the White House.

The visitor center is open Wednesday-Saturday from 11am-4pm.

Penny Machine 1: Located in the gift shop, turn right after passing through security, then right again as you enter the gift shop. Machine is preloaded with zinc pennies, and they are $1 each cash, or you can use credit card to get all four for $4. Designs are:
1) George Washington,
2) Abraham Lincoln,
3) the Presidential seal,
4) Image of the White House.

Token Machine 1: (Revised for 2024)
1) 'Liberty, First Pets', Presidential Dog,
2) 'Willow, First Pets',
3) 'The White House', Image of the White House with fireworks over it,
4) 'White House Transportation, Air Force One', airplane,
Rear- 'White House Historical Association', Logo

Retired/ Moved machines & designs

Moved 1: Relocated to The People's House: 1) 'The White house', Image of a fancy fan, 2) 'George Washington, The White House', bust, 3) 'The Peoples House, White House experience', logo, 4) 'The White House 'Belongs to the' American People - Jacqueline Kennedy.

Retired From Token Machine 1: 1) 'White House Transportation, The Beast', image of the vehicle called 'The beast', 2) 'James Horan, Architect', 4) 'The Peoples House, A White House Experience', door to the White House,
Rear- 'White House Historical Association', Logo

7/17: New 4 design hand crank Pennyman machine installed here inside gift shop. 51 cents each
8/30/24: Machine 2 and new Tokens in Token Machine 1 were added. GSY

Sent letter on 03 11 2025 and was retrund to me on 03 25 2025 as not deliverable as addressed I used address as posted here tec Rbp 5784.

The White House Visitor Center Mailing Address is 1849 C Street NW Room 1426 Washington, DC 20240.

I wrote to the 1849 c street nw room 1426 Washington DC 20240-0001 on 04 03 2025 and as of 06 04 2025 have not received a response yet from this places makes me wonder what’s up with the mail room there looks like Iam out the money Rbp tec 5784

2/28/2025 - Updated machine info based on my visit today.
As expected, Machine 2 has been relocated to The People's House, which is a separate museum on the other side of the White House (see separate location listing).
Machine 1 is in the gift shop and dispensing zinc pennies for $1 each. BTF
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