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The Beltsville Location is considered a closed campus*.  All visitors having business with the US Government must obtain a Visitor’s Pass before entry into any building, structure, or field under the Exclusive jurisdiction of the US Department of Agriculture.

The Beltsville Location contains the Northeast Area Director’s and Administrative Offices, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, US National Arboretum Floral and Nursery Plant Research Unit, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service offices, laboratories, and field research areas.

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  *Improved and unimproved public roads within the Beltsville Location under the jurisdiction of Prince George’s County and the Maryland State Highway Administration are excluded.

The US National Arboretum is a closed campus except during public hours for national and international visitors.  Further, all buildings are closed to the public except for designated spaces in the Administrative Building and Bonsai & Penjing Museum.  The US National Arboretum falls under the Exclusive jurisdiction of the US Department of Agriculture.

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