Where is the engrossed Declaration of Independence displayed during America’s 250th anniversary?

The engrossed Declaration of Independence is displayed at the National Archives during America’s 250th anniversary.

The engrossed copy is the formal handwritten parchment bearing the delegates’ signatures. It is preserved in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom at the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C.

Visitors often confuse this document with the many printed broadsides produced in 1776. John Dunlap printed approximately 200 copies soon after Congress adopted the Declaration; those early printed copies are separate from the famous signed parchment.

The National Archives also displays the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Together, these documents are known as the Charters of Freedom. The Declaration’s preservation there gives the America250 anniversary a direct connection to the nation’s most recognizable founding document.