DC’s National Children’s Museum to relocate as FBI moves in

The National Children’s Museum in D.C. is looking for a new home to accommodate FBI staffers in its current location, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday.

General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Ed Forst told Congress on Wednesday that as the FBI prepares to take over the Reagan Building, finding a new location for the museum is an “important priority,” said the Journal.

“I’ve toured the building. I’ve seen the museum,” Forst said Wednesday. “This is an important thing for us to work on together — to not in any way abandon it in its important mission but help it get on to its next place.”

The FBI did not immediately respond to the Lion’s request for comment.

Kiryn Hoffman, the museum’s CEO and president, told the Journal the next steps for the museum are currently unclear.

“We’re hopeful that the GSA is going to support us so that we better understand what are the parameters of the move,” Hoffman told the publication. “What is the timeline? How will they be supporting either helping us find a new location or helping to support the finances of moving to a new location?”

The FBI announced in July it was moving its headquarters from the J. Edgar Hoover Building to the Reagan Building.

“This is a historic moment for the FBI,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement at the time. “Through our strong partnerships with members of Congress and GSA, we are ushering FBI Headquarters into a new era and providing our agents of justice a safer place to work. Moving to the Ronald Reagan Building is the most cost effective and resource efficient way to carry out our mission to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution.”

President Donald Trump has pushed to reshape the federal workforce since returning to the Oval Office, initiating an aggressive effort to halt remote work.