Exhibits

Museum visitors explore the interactive touch screen table in the Records of Rights Exhibit

Records of Rights
Permanent Exhibit
Explore how generations of Americans sought to fulfill the promise of the founding documents.

Public Vaults exhibit

Public Vaults
Permanent Exhibit
Discover some of the treasures found in the stacks and vaults of the National Archives.

Shirley Chisholm, shortly after her election to Congress in 1968. Local Identifier: 306-PSC-68-3539 (NAID: 7452354)

Featured Document Display: Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm: “Unbought and Unbossed”
February 5, 2019 to April 11, 2019
See documents from Shirley Chisholm's congressional career on the 50th anniversary of her historic entry as the first African American woman in Congress.

Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote

Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote
May 10, 2019 to January 3, 2021
Celebrate the 19th Amendment’s centennial and discover the diverse struggle for women's voting rights throughout American history. Opening May 10, 2019.