Summer Hours Resume April 1 at the National Archives Washington, DC . . . On Sunday, April 1, summer hours will resume at the Exhibition Hall of the National Archives. The Exhibition Hall, located on Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th Streets, NW, will be open to the public from 10 A.M. to 9 P.M. seven days a week through Labor Day.
Admission is free.
The Exhibition Hall is open every day except December 25. On permanent display in the Rotunda of the Exhibition Hall are the Charters of Freedom - the original Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights. The 1297 version of the Magna Carta, on indefinite loan from the Perot Foundation, is also on display. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the move of the Congress to Washington, DC, the exhibition showcases the central roles that the House and Senate have played, by taking visitors behind the scenes into the halls and conference rooms of the Capitol during crucial turning points in American history. Some of these images are so famous that they are seared in our collective memory and have become synonymous with the events themselves.