Partnership Program — Open for Applications

Build the Future of Web Preservation Together

Join our growing network of institutions, universities, and organizations dedicated to preserving the earliest era of the World Wide Web for generations to come.

Choose Your Level of Collaboration

Every partnership is tailored to your organization's goals and capacity.

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Research Partner
Free / forever

For academic institutions and individual researchers exploring the early web.

  • Access to public archive dataset
  • Basic search & filtering tools
  • Monthly research digest
  • Citation-ready metadata
  • Community forum access
Apply as Researcher
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Institutional Partner
$500 / mo

For libraries, museums, and cultural heritage organizations.

  • Full archive API access
  • Bulk download capabilities
  • Custom crawl requests
  • Co-branded exhibitions
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Quarterly analytics reports
Apply as Institution
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Strategic Alliance
Enterprise

For governments, global organizations, and long-term strategic commitments.

  • Everything in Content Partner
  • Private cloud infrastructure
  • Custom preservation workflows
  • White-label archive solutions
  • Board-level collaboration
  • Revenue sharing opportunities
  • Exclusive early access to features
Schedule a Call

A Diverse Network of Preservationists

Our partners span industries, geographies, and disciplines — united by a shared mission.

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Universities & Academics

Computer science, digital humanities, and media studies departments worldwide.

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Libraries & Archives

National libraries, digital repositories, and archival institutions.

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Museums & Galleries

Digital art museums, media arts centers, and technology history institutions.

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Tech Companies

Browsers, hosting providers, and web platforms with archival interests.

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Government Agencies

Digital preservation offices and cultural heritage ministries.

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Nonprofits & NGOs

Digital rights organizations and open knowledge foundations.

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Web Archives

Peer institutions working in complementary preservation spaces.

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Journalists & Authors

Researchers documenting the history of the internet and web culture.

What You Gain from the Partnership

partner_dashboard ~ overview
archive$ partner status --id YOUR_ORG
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Organization: YourOrg Museum
Tier: Content Partner
Status: Active ✓
Member Since: March 2024
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Pages Contributed: 12,847
Pages Accessed: 384,291
API Requests: 2,491,033
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Exhibitions: 3 hosted
Research Papers: 2 published
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archive$ partner reports --quarter Q4-2024
[✓] Report generated. Download →
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Become a Partner in 4 Simple Steps

Our onboarding process is designed to get you up and running quickly.

01

Submit Your Application

Tell us about your organization, your interests in web preservation, and how you envision collaborating. We review every application personally.

02

Discovery Call

Our partnerships team will schedule a call to understand your needs, discuss mutual goals, and recommend the best tier for your organization.

03

Onboarding & Integration

We'll set up your account, provide API credentials, assign a dedicated support contact, and help integrate our archive into your workflows.

04

Launch & Collaborate

Begin exploring, contributing, and co-creating with your partner dashboard. Join our quarterly partner events and help shape the future of web preservation.

What Our Partners Say

1990 Web Archive has been instrumental in our digital humanities curriculum. Students can explore original 90s webpages in ways that textbooks simply can't replicate.

The API integration was seamless. We pulled over 500 archived pages into our exhibition about the early web, and the pixel-perfect rendering was exactly what we needed.

As a browser vendor, preserving the history of how the web evolved is critical. The Strategic Alliance has given us invaluable data for understanding web standards evolution.

Frequently Asked Questions

Anyone with a genuine interest in web preservation can apply. We work with universities, libraries, museums, tech companies, government agencies, nonprofits, journalists, and independent researchers. Applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Our Research Partner tier is completely free. Institutional partnerships start at $500/month. Content Partnerships and Strategic Alliances are custom-priced based on scope and commitment. We also offer discounted rates for nonprofit organizations and institutions in developing countries.

Research partners get access to our public dataset. Institutional partners receive full API access with bulk download capabilities. Content and Strategic partners can also contribute their own archival material and request custom crawls of specific URLs or domains.

Yes! Content Partners and Strategic Allies have access to our Contribution Portal where you can upload, tag, and preserve your own collections. We also offer collaborative preservation projects where multiple partners contribute to digitizing and archiving specific domains or eras.

All partners have access to our documentation and community forum. Institutional partners and above receive a dedicated account manager. We host quarterly partner meetings, annual conferences, and provide priority technical support for all paid tiers.

Research Partners have no commitment. Institutional and Content Partners can choose monthly or annual billing (10% discount on annual). Strategic Alliances typically involve a 2-year agreement with defined milestones and deliverables.

Ready to Preserve the Web's First Chapter?

Join 200+ institutions and organizations already collaborating to ensure the earliest days of the internet are never lost to time.