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Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Bureau of Engraving and Printing Review

Paper money has been printed here since 1914, when the bureau relocated from the redbrick-towered Auditors Building at the corner of 14th Street and Independence Avenue. In addition to the paper currency in the United States, military certificates and presidential invitations are printed here, too. You can only enter the bureau on the tours, which last about 40 minutes. From March through August, free same-day timed-entry tour passes are issued starting at 8 am at the Raoul Wallenberg Place SW ticket booth. For the rest of the year, tickets aren't used. Waits to get in can be up to two hours in spring and summer, longer if a tour bus unloads just as you arrive. Tickets are not required and waits will likely be short in the off-peak months, September-February.

    Contact Information

  • Address: 14th and C Sts. SW, The Mall, Washington, DC, 20228 | Map It
  • Phone: 202/874-2330; 866/874-2330 tour information
  • Cost: Free
  • Hours: Sept.-Mar., tours weekdays every 15 minutes 9-10:45 and 12:30-2, visitor center weekdays 8:30-3:30; Apr.-Aug., tours weekdays every 15 minutes 9-10:45, 12:30-3:45 and 5-7, visitor center weekdays 8:30-7:30
  • Website: www.moneyfactory.gov
  • Metro Smithsonian.
  • Location: Washington, D.C.

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