Archives station

Service began on April 30, 1983. Its opening coincided with the completion of {{convert|3.3|mi|km}} of rail south of Gallery Place to L'Enfant Plaza and across a bridge over the Potomac River to the Pentagon station.{{cite web|url=https://www.wmata.com/about/upload/Metro-Facts-2017-FINAL.pdf|title=Sequence of Metrorail openings|date=2017|publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority|page=3|access-date=February 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702201723/https://www.wmata.com/about/upload/Metro-Facts-2017-FINAL.pdf|archive-date=July 2, 2018|url-status=dead}}

The station was originally named Archives. In 1989, the WMATA Board of Directors voted to rename the station to Archives–Navy Mem'l to recognize the nearby U.S. Navy Memorial.[https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/wmata/latest/wmata_res20/resolution_%23_89_20 "Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority #89-20"]. American Legal Publishing. Presented and Adopted March 16, 1989. Revised March 23, 1989. Retrieved December 17, 2023. In 2004, it was renamed Archives–Navy Mem'l–Penn Quarter, in recognition of the nearby Penn Quarter neighborhood. "Navy Mem'l" and "Penn Quarter" were moved to a new subtitle, leaving "Archives" as the main name, on November 3, 2011, to go into effect on June 18, 2012 upon the publication of an updated system map.{{cite press release |title=Station names updated for new map |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |date=November 3, 2011 |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=5081 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724093147/https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=5081 |archive-date=July 24, 2018 |url-status=dead }} New signage was installed accordingly in 2005, following the 2004 renaming, and in late-spring 2012, following the late-2011 second renaming.

There is a provision for a future second mezzanine at the south end of the station, with a knock-out panel visible on the station's south wall.

From March 26, 2020, until June 28, 2020, this station was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/schedules/maps/upload/2019-System-Map-COVID-19-stations-FINAL.pdf |title=Special Covid-19 System Map |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |access-date=May 24, 2020 |archive-date=March 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327192846/https://www.wmata.com/schedules/maps/upload/2019-System-Map-COVID-19-stations-FINAL.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/covid-station-closures.cfm |title=Metrorail stations closed due to COVID-19 pandemic |date=March 23, 2020 |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |access-date=May 24, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Metro to reopen 15 stations, reallocate bus service to address crowding, starting Sunday {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metro-to-reopen-15-stations-reallocate-bus-service.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=22 June 2020}}

Between January 15 to January 21, 2021, this station was closed because of security concerns due to the 2020 Inauguration.{{cite web |title=Metro announces Inauguration service plans, station closures {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/2021-Inauguration-Service-Adjustments.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=13 January 2021}}

From October 12, 2021, to October 14, 2021, Blue Line Trains temporarily served this station due to a Blue Line Train derailment near the Pentagon Station.

The station has an island platform accessed from the corner of Indiana Avenue and Seventh Street, NW.

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• Department of Justice
• Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C.
• Federal Trade Commission
• Ford's Theatre
• Grand Army of the Republic Memorial
• J. Edgar Hoover Building (headquarters of the FBI)
• Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center (home of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies)
• National Archives
• National Gallery of Art
• National Mall
• National Museum of Natural History
• Temperance Fountain

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In 2004, the station was referenced in the Disney film National Treasure. The station entrance was also featured in the 2007 film Breach.

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• The Schumin Web Transit Center: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110524195613/http://transit.schuminweb.com/transit/wmata/green-line.php?station=F02 Archives Station]
• [https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8935823,-77.0226118,3a,75y,28.6h,93.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spyucq0UiV4P3tEwhbrm7xQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en Pennsylvania Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]

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