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All National Archives research rooms will be closed on Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day. Museums in Washington, DC, and at the Presidential libraries will be open.
The Online Public Access (OPA) system will be down for maintenance, May 10—May 25.
The June 27 Preservation Conference in St. Louis, MO, has been canceled.
The 16th Amendment and the first Form 1040 are on display in Washington, DC, through April 30.
Free new eBook from the National Archives Celebrates Opening of Baseball Season.
DC-area research rooms now have a 3:30 p.m. records pull, Monday–Friday.
The Genealogy Fair in Washington, DC, has been canceled.
Visitors with timed entry reservations may need to reschedule DC museum visits.
Research room and exhibit hours in the Washington, DC, area will be shortened as of March 15.
The National Archives helps launch the Digital Public Library of America.
"Searching for the Seventies: The DOCUMERICA Photography Project," a new exhibit, opened March 8 in Washington, DC.
Apply for a Regional Residency Fellowship to do research at one of our regional archives. Applications due March 15.
The LBJ Library has released love letters exchanged by the future President and First Lady.
You can now manage your research card account online (add funds, change passwords, and more).
The National Archives at New York City is now open at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House.
The Electoral College has met and voted! Learn about the Federal Register's role in this video.
The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum is now on Twitter and Facebook.
A display, "Nixon and the U.S. Space Program," kicks off a year of Presidential centennials.
A new eBook on the Emancipation Proclamation is now available.
Our Citizen Archivist initiative wins the Gellhorn Innovation Award.
Public Interest Declassification Board issued its report to the President.
Learn about National Archives records that document the path to citizenship in this new video.
Unsealed material from U.S. v. Liddy now open to the public.
Explore new interactive Electoral College maps on the Federal Register's Electoral College website.
"Citizen scientists" to transcribe digitized Historic Navy deck logs.
Robert F. Kennedy papers relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis opened.
New app from GPO and Federal Register gives easier access to Presidential documents.
FOIAonline launched to expand public access to information requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
Exhibit on the Cuban Missile Crisis opens at the National Archives in Washington, DC.
Materials related to the Katyn massacre during World War II have been declassified.
New reproduction fees starting October 1.
The National Archives has a new home in the Denver area.
Information Security Oversight Office releases Fundamental Classification Guidance Review.
Federal records management overhaul announced.
A new research page commemorates the anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act.
The Federal Register has a new director.
The National Declassification Center has issued its fifth biannual report.
The George W. Bush Library has launched its new website.
The National Archives has released its updated Open Government Plan.
Centennials of Pat Nixon and Lady Bird Johnson celebrated in exhibits and website.
ISOO issues its annual report.
National Archives Leads Restoration of John Huston's Let There Be Light.
NHPRC grants for Documentary Editing and Archival Projects awarded.
Immigration files opened in San Francisco and research center named for Tom Lantos.
Largest photography exhibit ever on the Roosevelts now at FDR Library.
A video goes behind the scenes to look at digitizing Civil War widows' pension files.
Records of the DC Emancipation Act of 1862 are featured in a video.
A DocsTeach app for the iPad is now available.
A video takes you inside the Titanic-related records in the National Archives.
The 1940 census is now open!

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All National Archives research rooms will be closed on May 27, for Memorial Day. Museums in Washington, DC, and at the Presidential Libraries will be open.
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