Video Short Documents 1297 Magna Carta Encasement Project
 

The National Archives is today releasing a short documentary video, “The Encasement of Magna Carta.”  The video is part of the ongoing series Inside the Vaults, and can be viewed at this link: http://tiny.cc/MAGNACARTA

The document will to return to public display on February 17, 2012.

Magna Carta is on loan to the National Archives from its owner, philanthropist and co-founder of the Carlyle Group, David M. Rubenstein.  Mr. Rubenstein underwrote the fabrication of its new encasement.  The encasement was designed by the National Archives in cooperation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, where the encasement was fabricated.