Rag Linen | Online Museum of Historic Newspapers » Constitution http://raglinen.com Rag Linen | Online Museum and Educational Archive of Rare and Historic Newspapers Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:57:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 The Charters of Freedom: No Photos Allowed http://raglinen.com/2010/01/25/the-charters-of-freedom-no-photos-allowed/ http://raglinen.com/2010/01/25/the-charters-of-freedom-no-photos-allowed/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:43:46 +0000 raglinen http://raglinen.com/?p=1801 Thanks to the tip from @bostonhistory, we learned today that photographs and video will be banned in the Rotunda of the National Archives, home to the original Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. The ban goes into effect February 24, 2010.

For an excellent history on the conservation and preservation of the historic documents, check out NOVA’s “Saving the National Treasures“.

While photos and video will soon be prohibited, you can still download high resolution images of the Charters of Freedom at archives.gov or check out the our poor-quality photos we took while visiting Washington DC in 2009 (below). The documents are stored in $5 million state-of-the-art cases, which are housed in the dimly lit Rotunda of the National Archives.

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