Opening the Vault: The Story of US opened Monday and runs through May 24.

STARTING TODAY, YOU CAN SEE SOME RARE DOCUMENTS THAT SHAPED AMERICAN HISTORY. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ORIGINAL, RARELY SEEN ...

Some of the documents that helped shape the United States are temporarily leaving Washington, D.C., ahead of America’s 250th anniversary, giving many Americans a rare chance to see them in person. The ...

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two researchers have concluded it ...

As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, an auction in New York will feature rare items that trace the nation’s history. The event on Friday at Christie’s, dubbed “We the People: ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — A man who helped a presidential memorabilia collector steal rare and valuable documents from historical archives and libraries nationwide was sentenced Friday to a year and a day in ...

Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin added two of the most iconic artifacts in American history to his growing collection of rare documents — spending a combined $18.1 million for items signed ...