Coming this Spring!
The Unveiling of a New and Exclusive Carol Dyer Painting Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the National Archives!
Artist Carol Dyer with her initial pencil sketch for the National Archives 75th anniversary commemorative painting. This sketch is not the final artwork, but is created to allow Dyer (with input from NARA staff) to easily add, subract and move elements sketched on tissue paper around the scene.
Carol Dyer is an accomplished and popular painter of early American traditions. Authenticity and attention to detail are trademarks of her work, and in this new painting soon to be unveiled, she turns her paintbrush to the happenings on Constitution Avenue in the 1930s when the National Archives was “born.”
“I want people to enjoy the worlds I portray in my work, where they can momentarily lose themselves in the idyllic, tranquil images I have created on canvas with my paintbrush. I want people to read my pictures like a book,” says the artist.
The story told in Carol's upcoming painting of the National Archives Building is unlike anything she has painted before, and it is sure to garner nationwide attention from all those who esteem the home of our nation's Charters of Freedom.
Carol is a longtime resident of the Washington, DC, area and is best known for her “Washington Christmas Series” and many other paintings of historic buildings that have been coveted by buyers and admired by many in the form of giclees, lithographs, posters, and fine stationery. Many of her editions are sold out—consider yourself fortunate if you have viewed one held in a private collection or shown in a few select galleries.
There will be a limited number of signed prints available, check back here for on-sale date information in March 2009.
Shop Now for Anniversary Commemorative Merchandise!
New Exclusive Carol Dyer Painting
Coming this Spring! Available only at the National Archives! Limited edition signed prints, matted prints, fine stationery, and an exclusive puzzle (coming soon).
Gifts
- New 75th Commemorative Holiday Ornament
Buy Now > - New Special Edition Government Red Tape Flag Paperweight
Buy Now > - New 75th Commemorative Coin (coming soon)
- New National Archives Building Bookends (coming soon)
- New Glass Presentation Bowl with Inscribed Quotation: “The Heritage of the Past is the Seed that Brings Forth the Harvest of the Future.”
Available in the DC Gift Shop > - Postcards, Note Cards and Stationery
Buy Now > - Rotunda Mural Puzzles
Buy Now >
New Legal-Sized Researcher Kit
The perfect keepsake binder for genealogists and researchers!
Buy Now >
Books/Publications
Two Fun and Easy Ways to Shop:
Shop Online at the National Archives eStore
The eStore is always open to explore right from home! You are just a click away from a large selection of unique items inspired by the holdings of the National Archives.
Have a piece of America’s heritage delivered right to your door!
All proceeds benefit the National Archives Trust Fund.
Visit the National Archives Gift Shop in Washington, DC
Our beautiful, 2,000-square-foot store is bursting with treasures related to the Charters of Freedom and the diverse holdings of the National Archives.
The not-for-profit National Archives Shop operates solely to support the mission and work of the National Archives Experience. It is operated by the Foundation of the National Archives with the purpose to educate, enrich, and inspire a deeper appreciation of our country’s heritage through the collected evidence of its history.
Location:
The National Archives
800 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20408
(Below the Rotunda of the Charters of Freedom.)
The National Archives Shop is open every day of the year, except Thanksgiving and Christmas. From March 16 through Labor Day, we’re open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The rest of the year, our hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Phone: (202) 357-5271
