Here, you can experience the feeling of going beyond the walls of the Rotunda into the stacks and vaults of the National Archives. Records of Rights. Rubenstein Gallery incorporates stories of many individuals, including African-Americans, women, and immigrants, whose struggle for rights in the decades following the Declaration of Independence is documented in records at the National Archives. Lawrence F. William G. McGowan Theater.
The seat William G. Visitors must check their temperature before arrival and on the day of the timed ticket to confirm that they do not have a fever. For your convenience, floor markers have been installed to indicate directional flow and proper spacing of individuals and groups.
Practice social distancing during your visit by staying at least 6 feet from anyone not in your group. Groups of no more than 6 will be able to social distance together. Children must stay with adults at all times. The National Archives Museum is conducting enhanced cleanings of the museum and high-touch areas. Hand sanitizer is available throughout the museum. The National Archives may share your name and email address with a governmental health authority should that information be requested for a COVIDrelated reason.
If a visitor reports that she or he was diagnosed with COVID after visiting the National Archives Museum near your visit, the National Archives will use your contact information to notify you. If you do not want your name or email address used for these purposes, please email us at visitorservices nara. The National Archives will not use your email address for any other purpose without your express permission. Entry to the National Archives is free. Changes are allowed on a ticket order at no additional charge.
If you cancel, reservation fees are non-refundable. To assist in Social Distancing while inside the museum, the maximum number of Timed Entry Tickets an individual may reserve is limited to six tickets. Please arrive no more than 10 minutes before the scheduled time on your ticket. While we will do our best to honor the scheduled time on your ticket, entry to the National Archives museum will be subject to building capacity. Late arrivals cannot be guaranteed entry into the museum. Visitors will pass through airport-type security and metal detectors.
The reopening of the Rotunda and its continued operation will be contingent on local public health metrics remaining below targets for safe reopening. The building houses both a museum and the National Archives and Records Administration, which is responsible for federal records deemed to be of historical importance. The National Archives Building is home to more than three billion records in total, including the three most important documents in American history: the Declaration of Independence, the U.
Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The museum is open every day of the year except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Its hours are 10 a. Admission is always free. The facility is handicap accessible. Congress authorized the use of limestone or granite as building materials.
As construction was taking place during the Great Depression, suppliers of both stone materials lobbied for the contract. The construction process took two years as the building required special air handling systems, filters and shelving to meet archival standards.
The building opened to the public in November The historic edifice has been renovated and modernized several times since then. This includes the replacement of the hermetically sealed encasement for the Charters of Freedom.
First displayed in the Rotunda in , the exhibits had to be replaced 50 years later due to deterioration. The new displays feature special scanning equipment designed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that continually monitors the condition of the Charters.
While looking at documents and photos may sound boring, the Archives has created a fun and entertaining interactive child-friendly museum that includes computer terminals, listening booths and video displays. Some exhibits are modeled after games and mysteries. In addition to special and temporary exhibits, the Archives house a number of permanent galleries.
The cathedral-like Rotunda of the National Archives is the setting for the encasements displaying the Charters of Freedom as well as 14 other displays chronicling their creation and ongoing national and international influence. The David M. Rubenstein Gallery hosts the Records of Rights exhibit that features one of the few known copies of the Magna Carta.
The exhibit also traces the history of the Civil Rights Movement, including a working copy of the Civil Rights Act of The Public Vaults highlight portions of the immense number of artifacts stored by the Archives. In addition to the sacrifice and heroism of service members, displays highlight human ingenuity, the path to U.
The Archives also provides advice on how you can preserve your own family records.
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