{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-090","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"National Archives and Records Administration (all facilities nationwide, including the National Archives Museum and the Presidential Libraries)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"National Archives and Records Administration (Archivist David S. Ferriero)","authority":"44 U.S.C. 2104; 36 C.F.R. part 1280","instrument":"Press release nr20-47, \u0027National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14\u0027","title":"National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"Close of business 2020-03-13 (facilities closed from Mar. 14, 2020)","end":"Until further notice; public programs cancelled through Aug. 31, 2020 (091); research rooms reopened by appointment in stages from 2021 (not verified)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-08-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["CLOSE","GATH","EVT"],"addressees":["researchers","museum visitors","event attendees","Presidential Library foundations and vendors"],"clause":"As a public health precaution, due to COVID-19, the following changes are effective close of [business today]: All National Archives research rooms nationwide, including those at Presidential Libraries, will be closed to the public until further notice. All museums, including those at Presidential Libraries, will be closed to the public until [further notice]. All public events in National Archives facilities nationwide are cancelled until further notice.","enforcement":"36 C.F.R. part 1280 (facility access rules); 40 U.S.C. 1315","functions":["CT public offices (research rooms closed: title, genealogy, litigation and FOIA research halted)","MK museums and events (the National Archives Museum on the Mall and fourteen Presidential Libraries closed)","CB tourism and school groups","CS event vendors, caterers and researchers-for-hire"],"notes":"The National Archives Museum draws about a million visitors a year; the research-room closure stopped in-person access to records that lawyers, title companies, genealogists and historians depend on.","sourceUrl":"https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2020/nr20-47","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200620041348/https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2020/nr20-47","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":91044,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-090","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-090","citation":"National Archives and Records Administration (Archivist David S. Ferriero), Press release nr20-47, \u0027National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14\u0027 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-090)","stateName":"","related":[]}