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Visitor Information
NIST operates in two primary Campus locations, Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Boulder, Colorado.
NIST also has a remote location in Rockville, Maryland that is the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) that brings together experts from industry, government, and academia to address the real-world needs of securing complex IT systems and protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure.
NIST jointly operates research organizations in four additional locations explicitly established to promote cross-disciplinary collaborations that accelerate research results. See more about our other locations below.
Gaithersburg Campus
(301)-975-8986
Open 6:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (ET)
Gate A at W. Diamond Ave. and 100 Bureau Drive
Boulder Campus
(303) 497-4433
Open 6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (MT)
At the main gate, 325 Broadway
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE)
(301) 975-0200
Open 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (ET)
9700 Great Seneca Hwy, Rockville, MD 20850
Campus Access & Security
All visitors must be preregistered and present photo identification and vehicle registration information upon arrival. NIST can only accept a state-issued driver’s license or identification card for access to federal facilities if issued by states that are REAL ID compliant or have an extension. Details...
There are no safety and health campus entry requirements for a NIST campus. However, if you are exhibiting symptoms consistent with a respiratory illness (e.g., fever over 100.4 oF, shortness of breath, cough, severe headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, runny nose), you should refrain from coming on to campus. If you must come on to campus while exhibiting symptoms, please consider voluntarily implementing the following protocols to assist in minimizing the potential for spread of a respiratory virus at NIST:
- Practice proper hygiene, including frequent washing of or disinfecting hands;
- Wear a well-fitting mask (e.g., 3-ply medical/surgical mask) or respirator (e.g., KN95 or N95 used voluntarily); and
- Implement social distancing
Other Locations
- JILA, in Boulder, Colorado, is a world-class physics research institute jointly operated by NIST and the University of Colorado at Boulder.
- Hollings Marine Laboratory, in Charleston, South Carolina, a national center for coastal ocean science, in which NIST is one of five federal, state and university partners.
- The Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) (formerly CARB), in Rockville, Maryland, is an interdisciplinary partnership in cutting-edge biotechnology between NIST and the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute.
- The Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), in College Park, Maryland, is a new institute for advancing quantum physics research that is jointly operated with the University of Maryland.
Physical security for those locations is not provided by NIST.