Traveling Exhibits
The National Archives is dedicated to providing access to the historic documents and artifacts that form the fabric of our national experience. To promote access to these records, the National Archives makes its holdings available to the public through its traveling exhibition program so citizens across the country can see these records first hand.
Itineraries For Current Traveling Exhibits
Eyewitness:
American Originals from the National Archives
Drawing on rarely displayed documents, audio recordings, and film footage culled
from the extensive holdings of the National Archives and its Presidential libraries,
"Eyewitness" features first-person accounts of watershed moments in
history.
Online exhibit
Tour itinerary:
| February–April 2008 | Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, TX |
| October–December 2008 | Durham Western Heritage Museum, Omaha, NE |
In addition to the physical exhibits, online versions of American Originals, Picturing the Century, and many other National Archives exhibitions are available at our online Exhibit Hall.
Previous Traveling Exhibits
The Way We Worked:
Photographs from the National Archives
Work and the workplace went through enormous changes between the mid 19th century,
when 60 percent of Americans made their living as farmers, and the late 20th
century, with its shift from an industrial to a knowledge-based economy. "The
Way We Worked" reveals the effects of industrialization, urbanization,
immigration, labor unrest, wars, and economic depression on ordinary working
Americans, whether they toiled in a coal mine, on a tractor, at a typewriter,
or on an assembly line.
Online Exhibit
Tour itinerary:
| June 9–August 19, 2007 | Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO |
| September 8–December 18, 2007 | Central Florida Community College, Ocala, FL |
Picturing the Century:
One Hundred Years of Photography from the National Archives
The National Archives surveyed the millions of photographs in its holdings to
create an exhibit exploring the role of photography in our national life over
the last century.
Online exhibit
Tour itinerary:
| May 19–July 15, 2007 | Sunrise Civic Center, Sunrise, FL |
