Browse the Archive by Year
Select an era to explore preserved web pages, personal homepages, and early digital culture.
Information about the World Wide Web Project
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.htmlThe very first webpage, created by Tim Berners-Lee, explaining what the Web was, how to get a web browser, and how to start a web server.
NCSA Mosaic: The First Graphical Browser
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Software/Mosaic/Download page for Mosaic, the browser that brought the web to the masses with inline images and a graphical interface.
Welcome to Alex's Virtual Room
http://geocities.com/Area51/3842/index.htmlClassic GeoCities homepage featuring a tiled background, animated GIF construction signs, and a guestbook form.
CyberMart: Digital Gadgets & More
http://www.cybermart.demo/shop.htmlPre-dotcom boom online storefront using framesets, basic shopping cart JS, and SSL checkout indicators.
Tech Enthusiasts WebRing
http://www.webrings.net/tech/Curated link ring connecting hobbyist PC and Linux sites. Features rotating visitor counters and MIDI background music.
Alexa Internet & Web Crawler Launch
http://www.archive.org/details/webcrawlerDocumentation and submission portal for the first large-scale public web archiving initiative. Early Wayback Machine prototypes.
Year 2000 Conversion: Official Guidelines
http://www.y2k.gov/compliance/Federal guidelines for Y2K readiness, featuring compliance checklists, vendor databases, and countdown timers.
MIT Media Lab: WWW Group
http://www.media.mit.edu/www/Early academic adoption of web technology. Lists research papers, team members, and experimental hypertext tools.