Home of the 4,000-strong brigade of midshipmen, the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis is the training ground for officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. It's also where you'll find the Naval Academy Museum, which features more than 50,000 artifacts and is home to the famous Gallery of Ships.

Just a block away from the Annapolis City Dock, the main entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy is located at Randall and Prince George Streets. Guided tours of the Academy and museum depart from the Armel-Leftwich Visitor Center, showing visitors the renovated chapel and its massive pipe organ, the Lejeune Physical Education Center and its Athletic Hall of Fame, Dahlgren Hall and its Drydock Restaurant, and Bancroft Hall, a dormitory that houses more than 4,400 midshipmen in over 1,700 rooms, among other points of interest.

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