Digital Preservation Portal

The 1990 Web Archive is a dedicated digital preservation initiative focused on collecting, cataloging, and providing open access to early World Wide Web content. Our mission is to ensure the historical, cultural, and technical record of the formative years of the internet remains accessible for researchers, educators, and the public.

Recent Additions

/archives/1996/personal-homepages/tech-enthusiast-96
Added: Oct 12, 2024 | Source: Wayback Recovery Project
/archives/1998/organizations/cultural-institution-portal
Added: Oct 10, 2024 | Source: Institutional Donation
/archives/1995/forums/usenet-mirror-index
Added: Oct 8, 2024 | Source: Network Capture
/archives/1999/early-ecommerce/retail-catalog-mirror
Added: Oct 5, 2024 | Source: Legacy Server Dump
/archives/1994/academic/research-lab-landing
Added: Oct 1, 2024 | Source: University Archive Transfer

Archive Categories

Personal Homepages

Early user-generated content from GeoCities, Angelfire, and standalone ISP accounts.

1993–1999 Community

Institutional & Academic

University departments, research labs, and educational portals from the pre-dotcom era.

Education Research

Government & Public Services

Early municipal, state, and federal web presence documenting public information dissemination.

Public Sector Policy

Commercial & Early E-Commerce

Catalogs, business portals, and the first generation of internet-based retail and services.

Business 1995–2000

Archive Statistics

Pages Preserved: 4,821,003

Unique Domains: 182,440

Time Span: 1990–1999

Storage: 14.2 TB Raw / 6.8 TB Compressed

Research Access

Researchers and institutions can request bulk data exports, API access, or dedicated crawling sessions. All materials are available under open preservation licenses unless otherwise restricted.

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Contribute to the Archive

If you possess hard drives, CD-ROMs, or server logs from the early web era, we accept physical and digital donations for preservation.

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