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The real deal on handing records with and without gloves and how to handle your own family records. #AskAnArchivist
ALT “Do archivists really have to wear gloves all the time, or is that a movie myth?” National Archives graphic for Ask an Archivist Day
ALT “What is the safest way to store my family photographs so they don’t fade?” National Archives graphic for Ask an Archivist Day
Happy birthday to Dwight D. Eisenhower, born #OTD in 1890! 🎈From Allied Commander to the 34th President, his story lives on in the records preserved by the @IkeLibrary in Abilene, Kansas, part of the @usnatarchives system.
📸NAID: 491863380
The vast records of the @usnatarchives include treaties, maps, and a surprising number of cakes 🍰 Swipe to see Presidents celebrating with something sweet this #NationalDessertDay @FDRLibrary @IkeLibrary
Tomorrow, the National Archives Foundation presents our Records of Achievement Award to @mountvernon and @tjmonticello for preserving historic sites that shaped our nation 🏛️
Check out a few of the many Presidents who have visited📸 @Ford_Library @TrumanLibrary @FDRLibrary
On September 30, the National Archives Foundation will honor George Washington's Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson's Monticello with the 2026 Records of Achievement Award. Save 20% on this special selection of Washington and Jefferson gifts: bit.ly/4ynLkyK
History isn't static, and neither is the work to preserve it. Congrats to our 2026 Records of Achievement awardees @Mount_Vernon & @Monticello! Both are National Historic Landmarks, designated the same day in 1960. Learn more about these iconic sites at archivesfoundation.org/recor…
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🏦The National Archives Museum will be closed on Friday, September 25, 2026.
The Museum will reopen on Saturday, September 26, 2026 with normal operating hours from 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
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Hidden in a garage crawlspace for decades: hundreds of WWII POW accounts once marked "SECRET." The @USNatArchives Archival Recovery Program helped bring them home. 🇺🇸📜 Read the incredible true story: washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Now on display for the first time EVER! Be one of the first to view all seven pages of George Washington's Annotated Copy of a Draft of the U.S. Constitution, now through September 27, 2026 at the National Archives Museum.
ALT Visitors view George Washington's Annotated Copy of a Draft of the U.S. Constitution in the historic Rotunda at the National Archives Museum on Monday, September 14, 2026.
ALT Visitors view George Washington's Annotated Copy of a Draft of the U.S. Constitution at the National Archives Museum on Monday, September 14, 2026.
Today marks 25 years since the 9/11 attacks. On view for the first time: the book President Bush read to students the moment he learned of the attacks, and the note shown to him when the details were still unknown: “Don’t Say Anything Yet.” On view through Oct 28 @USNatArchives.
These are cue cards that President Bush’s Press Secretary was originally planning to use in a discussion on education policy following the class visit. You can learn more from one of the curator’s here: facebook.com/share/v/1BxbL74…
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The next session “Digital Frontiers: Integrating Technology for Post-250 Engagement,” was moderated by @teresacarlson Global Head of Public Sector of @AnthropicAI. The panel featured @mbriney Chief Communications Officer of @TRPresLibrary, @ChrisCummings__ Founder and CEO of @iconic__culture, Franck Cordes, Museum Projects and Visitor Experience Director of @archivesfdn, and Stephen Platenberg, President of @Cortina_Team.
olivia I think u would love the @USNatArchives museum <3 come give us a visit @oliviarodrigo
Cameron Winter reveals to @RollingStone what he and Olivia Rodrigo talked about while having dinner earlier this year:
“We just talked about the Founding Fathers... It’s a rich topic.”
JUST ANNOUNCED 📷 For the first time ever, Washington's annotated draft Constitution—all 7 pages of his personal handwritten edits—will go on display at the @usnatarchives Museum, just in time for #ConstitutionDay.
🗓️ September 14–27, 2026
🔗 archives.gov/press/press-rel…
60 years of boldly going. 🖖 For six decades, #StarTrek has inspired generations to explore "strange new worlds." Here, @NASA astronaut & Space Shuttle pilot John Creighton poses with a #Spock display aboard Discovery during the STS-51G mission (1985). Happy #StarTrekDay!
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In 1977, the First Lady submitted the recipe to the Marine Officer’s Wives Club cookbook, which can be found in our collection, but also on the U.S. National Archives Letters To The President website, where you can copy it from the transcription here: short.do/njkkka
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Signed on September 3, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, take a closer look at the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War. ⤵️
#OnThisDay #America250
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Thx to @archivesfdn for the special tour of the @USNatArchives they provided @wmata Sr Exec Team. Wow, a must visit for locals & visitors to see the founding documents and so much cool history. Plus it’s next to Metro (you guessed it, Archives station!)
