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Federal holiday On December 25, all National Archives locations will be closed. Washington, DC-area research rooms will close at 1 p.m. (in accordance with the President's Executive order) on December 24 and at 5 p.m. on December 31; they will be closed on December 26. On January 1, all locations except the museums in Washington, DC, and the Johnson Library will be closed. Contact the location you wish to visit for any schedule changes due to the holidays.

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