The Mormon temple that can be seen rising above the Capital Beltway will be opening up to the public for the first time in nearly a half-century.
The Washington, D.C., Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which is located in Kensington, Maryland, will have public tours between April 28 and June 4.
“While we want to open the doors to everyone to come and see inside the temple, we encourage people to plan ahead and get their tickets as soon as possible,” Kent Colton, the co-chairman of the Washington, D.C., Temple Open House Committee, said in a press release.
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The Mormon temple was first dedicated in 1974, and after the recent renovation and public tours, it will be rededicated, WTOP reported. The temple was originally slated to reopen in 2020 after closing in March 2018 for what was supposed to be a two-year project, according to The DCist.
“We invite you to take a tour of this beautiful and iconic building,” read the page for the Mormon temple’s open house event. “Come & See the place where we find peace, purpose and connection to each other and to God.”
“Our 33 days for a public open house will go very quickly,” Colton said.
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Although the event page says the open house “is free and the tour is self-guided,” it also explains that people will need “parking and shuttle tickets” in order to gain access to the “parking lot or use the metro shuttle.”
Visitors who come to the temple’s open house event by foot, bicycle, public transportation, or ride-share organizations such as Lyft or Uber will not “require a Tour Ticket,” according to the event page.
The Washington Examiner reached out to the Washington, D.C., Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for a statement.
