The federal government shutdown has closed a number of important websites, but the Internet Archive can help.
Using the site’s Wayback Machine, you can access captured copies of the Library of Congress, the National Endowment for the Arts or NASA. Here’s more about the public service:
Many government sites are displaying messages saying that they are not being updated or maintained during the government shut down, but the following sites are some who have completely shut their doors today. Clicking the logos will take you to a Wayback Machine archived capture of the site. Please donate to help us keep the government websites available. You can also suggest pages for us to archive so that we can document the shut down.
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