[10][12][13][14] Architect Hany Hassan of Beyer Blinder Belle designed the museum's 20,000 square-foot pavilion which extends out for visitors entering on 21st Street.

The opening hall will feature interactive exhibits to explore American diplomacy today and provide an orientation for the public about U.S. diplomats, what they do, where they are posted around the world, U.S. global bilateral and multilateral relationships, and how this all relates to the everyday lives of citizens.

[17] Through the themes of security, prosperity, democracy, and development, Diplomacy Is Our Mission explores historic and contemporary stories that "highlight the efforts of U.S. diplomats and how they work with international partners to create a more stable world.

At the core of the center's education outreach is the diplomacy simulation program, an immersive exercise in which participants engage on a critical global issue.

Working in small teams, participants step into the world of diplomacy by representing the interests of a specific stakeholder group (e.g., foreign ministries, the U.S. Department of State, NGOs, international organizations).

[17] The museum will display Madeleine Albright's pin collection, how Shirley Temple Black was the ambassador to Ghana and then Czechoslovakia, and then the first woman to serve as U.S. chief of protocol, and also items from the TV show Madam Secretary.