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News & Events

red-info-icon The National Archives Experience exhibits will close early on Thursday, May 31, at 4 p.m., last admission will be at 3:30 p.m. Regular hours of 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. will resume on June 1.

May 19 at noon

1940: America Goes to the Movies Film Series

National Archives, Washington, DC

Rebecca, Alfred Hitchcock’s first American film, stars Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. (1940; 130 minutes)

May 22, at 11 a.m.

Railsplitter Revealed: The Search for Abraham Lincoln at the National Archives

National Archives, Washington, DC

David J. Gerleman, assistant editor for the Papers of Abraham Lincoln, explains their mission to find previously unknown Lincoln documents. (The lecture will be repeated at the National Archives at College Park, MD, in Lecture Room B, Thursday, May 24, at 11 a.m.)

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McGowan Theater

Did you miss one of our fantastic programs? The National Archives Experience is proud to offer a selection of streaming video programs from our public program repertoire.

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