Best Photos of the Day

Rachel Bartgis, a conservation specialist, builds an archival box in a preservation lab at the National Archives’ main operations center in College Park, Md., April 21, 2023. The National Archives and Records Administration is devoted to preserving the priceless records of the United States, including the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, documents from the present day and classified papers once held by presidents of the United States. (Jared Soares/The New York Times).

Dong Eun Kim, a senior exhibition conservator, checks the light levels of the Declaration of Independence in the rotunda, which is kept dim to slow the degradation of the ink on the documents, at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., April 20, 2023. The National Archives and Records Administration is devoted to preserving the priceless records of the United States, including the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, documents from the present day and classified papers once held by presidents of the United States. (Jared Soares/The New York Times).

Visitors view the Declaration of Independence in the rotunda, which also displays the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., April 20, 2023. The National Archives and Records Administration is devoted to preserving the priceless records of the United States, including the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, documents from the present day and classified papers once held by presidents of the United States. (Jared Soares/The New York Times).

Floppy disks and CDs at the National Archives’ main operations center in College Park, Md., April 21, 2023. The National Archives and Records Administration is devoted to preserving the priceless records of the United States, including the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, documents from the present day and classified papers once held by presidents of the United States. (Jared Soares/The New York Times).

Tim Enas, the director of the textual records division, among the stacks at the National Archives’ main operations center in College Park, Md., April 21, 2023. The National Archives and Records Administration is devoted to preserving the priceless records of the United States, including the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, documents from the present day and classified papers once held by presidents of the United States. (Jared Soares/The New York Times).

The rotunda of the National Archives, which draws more than 1 million people each year, in Washington, D.C., April 20, 2023. The National Archives and Records Administration is devoted to preserving the priceless records of the United States, including the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, documents from the present day and classified papers once held by presidents of the United States. (Jared Soares/The New York Times).

The examination of a document from the stacks of the textual records division at the National Archives’ main operations center in College Park, Md., April 20, 2023. The National Archives and Records Administration is devoted to preserving the priceless records of the United States, including the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, documents from the present day and classified papers once held by presidents of the United States. (Jared Soares/The New York Times).

Lauren Varga, a senior conservator, works on preserving a mounted photograph in a lab at the National Archives’ main operations center in College Park, Md., April 21, 2023. The National Archives and Records Administration is devoted to preserving the priceless records of the United States, including the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, documents from the present day and classified papers once held by presidents of the United States. (Jared Soares/The New York Times).

The research room at the National Archives’ main operations center in College Park, Md., June 14, 2023. The National Archives and Records Administration is devoted to preserving the priceless records of the United States, including the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, documents from the present day and classified papers once held by presidents of the United States. (Jared Soares/The New York Times).