Announced by the Friends of California Archives · A Partnership of the University of Southern California & the National Archives
Freedom Plane
National Tour · California
An Exciting Announcement
Friends of California Archives Presents
The Friends of California Archives is excited to share this announcement from the University of Southern California regarding their participation in the Freedom Plane National Tour — celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the United States of America.
USC will host the National Archives “Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation” from April 17 through May 3, bringing original founding-era documents to Los Angeles for a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
Bringing America's founding story
home — to every corner of the nation
HISTORIC EXHIBITION
USC Hosts Historic National Archives Founding-Era Documents
The USC Fisher Museum of Art, the oldest art museum in the city of Los Angeles, will display rare founding
documents — most of which are leaving Washington, D.C., for the first time in many decades.
THE DOCUMENTS
Rare Artifacts of American History
The exhibition is part of an eight-city national tour celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States, bringing priceless primary source documents out of their Washington vaults and into communities across America.
All originals — no facsimiles — no copies. All incredible, all instructional, all irreplaceable.
For the first time, historic and consequential documents fundamental to America’s founding and the beginning of the American government will be accessible to the American people across our nation.
LEAVING D.C. FOR THE FIRST TIME
A Once-in-a-Generation Viewing
Most of these documents have not left Washington, D.C., in many decades. This is a rare and fleeting opportunity to stand in the presence of the very words and signatures that forged a free nation.
Experience history not through a textbook, but face to face — in the city of Los Angeles.
On Display April 17 – May 3
Original Founding Documents
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Association
Treaty of Paris
Draft of the U.S. Constitution
Plan Your Visit
USC Fisher Museum of Art · Los Angeles
Presented by the University of Southern California in partnership with the National Archives. The exhibition runs April 17 – May 3. Tickets and visitor information are available through the link below.