2026 NAGARA Annual Conference

Post-Conference Tours

Tour A is sold out. Space remains available for Tour B.
Tour A is SOLD OUT.

The private vault experience at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania has reached capacity. There is still space available for Tour B: National Constitution Center Experience. Attendees who would like to participate in a post-conference activity should register for Tour B while space remains.

Keep the momentum going after the conference with an optional, ticketed Philadelphia experience. Space remains available for Tour B and is available on a first-paid, first-confirmed basis.

Registration
To register, use the post-conference activity form and select Tour B. Tour A is sold out and should no longer be selected.
Register for Tour B
Status: Tour A is sold out (50-person capacity reached). Tour B still has space available (limited to 100 paid registrants).
Tour A: Standing Inches from History: A Private Vault Experience
$50 per attendee SOLD OUT

This optional post-conference experience at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania has reached capacity and is no longer available for new registrations.

Tour A was designed especially for NAGARA attendees as an exclusive, archivist-tailored journey into America's documentary past, moving beyond traditional museum spaces and into secure collection areas, research environments, and preservation vaults rarely accessible to the public.

Tour A highlights included
  • Martha Washington's cookbook
  • The first plan of Philadelphia designed by William Penn
  • The architectural design of the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall)
  • The first printing of the Declaration of Independence
  • George Washington's letter outlining his plan to cross the Delaware River
  • A first draft of the U.S. Constitution
  • A Lincoln-signed Emancipation Proclamation
  • The first photograph taken in the United States

To preserve the intimacy and security of the experience, smaller rotating groups were planned for restricted vault spaces (where environmental and security protocols limit capacity), while others would engage with curated materials and specialized displays in the Society's historic Reading Room.

Tour A Sold Out
Tour B: National Constitution Center Experience
$20 per attendee Space available

Join fellow NAGARA attendees for a guided experience at the National Constitution Center (an interactive museum located in Philadelphia, just steps from the Liberty Bell).

Still available
Tour B remains open, but capacity is limited to the first 100 paid registrants.
Guided experience includes
  • Freedom Rising (live theatrical performance in the Sidney Kimmel Theater) (introducing the story of the U.S. Constitution and the American quest for freedom)
  • Signers' Hall (stand alongside 42 life-size bronze statues of the Founding Fathers who signed the Constitution on September 17, 1787)
  • Civil War and Reconstruction: The Battle for Freedom and Equality (explore the constitutional legacy of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments and how they transformed the nation)
  • The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote (trace the constitutional struggle for women's suffrage and the leaders who reshaped American democracy)

Designed to complement NAGARA's professional focus, this guided museum experience offers a concentrated look at constitutional development, amendment history, and the evolving interpretation of rights and governance.