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For centuries, great men and women have been putting down words of wisdom, inspiration and vision onto paper, parchment and a host of other materials. Since the 1950s, NIST has been called upon to keep some of our most cherished documents not only safe and secure but also available to for public viewing within encasements that are truly technological wonders. Get the inside story in “Making a NIST Case for Preservation.”
A visitor to the National Archives in Washington, D.C., views the Declaration of Independence safe within its NIST-designed and manufactured encasement.
Credit:
National Archives and Records Administration
Mechanical engineer Jacob Ricker preparing the NIST encasements housing the Emancipation Proclamation (left) and the 13th Amendment (right) before final installation in their new home at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
