You can scan pension records, bounty land files, and more in our Scanning Room in Washington, DC.

You'll take home a digital copy of your scans, and they will be available online in the National Archives Catalog within 8-10 weeks.

Please email innovationhub@nara.gov to make an appointment.

Learn more about Citizen Scanning  

The Innovation Hub provides a space for the public to:

• Scan documents in our holdings
  • You get digital copies of the scans, free of charge
  • We get a web-quality scan to upload into our online catalog
• Tag and transcribe items already in our catalog

 

We also have a space for groups to use for events that highlight the use of our records in innovative ways. These events include:

• Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons
• School group primary source research
• Government agency presentations and meetings

Please contact innovationhub@nara.gov if you would like to learn more about our event space.

Welcome to the National Archives' Innovation Hub. 

We are located at the National Archives at Washington, DC.

Learn how the Hub fits into the overall mission of the National Archives

 

You can also help us out by scanning some documents from our various projects. Help us make our records more accessible.

• Learn more about our Projects

Find out how you can tag and transcribe historical records online. You can help us make our historical records more easily searchable.

• Learn more about being a Citizen Archivist