We are a collaboration between GBH and the Library of Congress with a long-term vision to preserve and make accessible significant historical content created by public media, and to coordinate a national effort to save at-risk public media before its content is lost to posterity.
We invite stations, producers, and archives to submit their physical and digital collections for consideration in the AAPB's Mellon Foundation-funded, no-cost Digitization and Preservation Program.
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Access featured collections preserved in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
Explore in depth selected topics of historical significance as covered by public radio and television.
Leveraging the valuable digital media in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, these Multimedia Primary Source Discussion Sets have been curated to support educators teaching topics in US History.
AAPB Citizen Archivist Toolkit
Not sure where to begin your search? Dive in to the AAPB using one of these suggested topics.
Learn about the history, significant productions, and archive contributions of more than 200 public media stations and archives. View all participating organizations.
Watch a five minute introduction to the treasures of public broadcasting, written and produced by Elizabeth Deane.
