The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C., was designed by Frank Gehry of Gehry Partners, in a joint venture with AECOM. Congress created the commission in 1999, and the National Park Service governs the site. The article names no style, though it describes the design as a roofless temple outlined by large columns. The design was controversial and was revised several times before approval in 2017.
Groundbreaking was on November 3, 2017, and it was dedicated on September 17, 2020. The four-acre (1.6 ha) site lies along Maryland Avenue SW. Welded steel tapestries, stone bas-reliefs and bronze statues by Sergey Eylanbekov tell Eisenhower's story from boyhood to the presidency.
The article reports 760,603 visitors in 2022. It gives no hours.
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