OFFICIAL PRESS KIT • 2024 EDITION

Preserving the Digital Heritage
of the Early Web

1990 Web Archive is a non-profit digital preservation initiative dedicated to capturing, restoring, and providing public access to the foundational era of the World Wide Web.

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Our Mission & Impact

Bridging the gap between digital ephemera and permanent historical record.

Mission

To systematically capture, preserve, and make accessible the websites, protocols, and cultural artifacts of the 1990-1999 web era before they are lost to server decay and format obsolescence.

Approach

We deploy custom archival crawlers, use authenticated storage protocols, and maintain emulated runtime environments to render legacy pages exactly as they appeared in their original context.

Public Access

All preserved materials are freely available to researchers, educators, journalists, and the public under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license.

By The Numbers

4.2M+
Pages Archived
1995
Founded
89
Countries Represented
12PB
Secure Storage

Guidelines & Resources

For journalists, partners, and media representatives.

Color Palette

#39FF14
#00D4FF
#B026FF
#0B0C10
#E6E6E6

Typography

Primary (Headings)

1990 Web Archive
Inter Bold / Black • Modern & Clean

Secondary (UI & Data)

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JetBrains Mono • Technical & Retro

Logo Usage

[ LOGO PRIMARY ]
[ LOGO MONO ]
[ ICON ONLY ]
  • Minimum clear space: height of the '0' in 1990 on all sides
  • Do not stretch, rotate, or apply effects (drop shadow, outlines)
  • Use the monochrome variant on busy or colorful backgrounds
  • Official vector and raster files available in the press kit download

Recent Coverage & Releases

OCT 12, 2024
1990 Web Archive Launches Public Search Index for 1996-1998 GeoCities Pages
Researchers can now query over 200,000 recovered personal homepages using natural language search.
ANNOUNCEMENT
JUN 03, 2024
Partnering with Library of Congress for Permanent Digital Preservation
A new initiative ensures critical early-web datasets are mirrored in national archival infrastructure.
PARTNERSHIP
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JAN 15, 2024
Study: 78% of Early Commercial Web Sites Are Lost Forever
Our annual digital erosion report highlights the urgency of preservation efforts.
RESEARCH

Media Quotes

"The 1990 Web Archive isn't just saving websites; they're preserving the cultural DNA of how we learned to communicate, commerce, and connect online."
— Dr. Elena Rostova, Digital Heritage Institute
"Their technical approach to emulating legacy browsers and rendering deprecated standards is unmatched in the archival space."
— TechArchives Weekly, March 2024

Founders & Directors

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Dr. Aris Thorne
Founder & Executive Director
Former web standards researcher with 20+ years in digital preservation. Led the initial 1995 crawling initiative.
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Maya Kovalenko
Director of Technology
Architect of the Archive's emulation stack and custom crawler infrastructure. Specialist in legacy HTML/CSS parsing.
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Julian Santos
Head of Public Access
Oversees researcher partnerships, educational outreach, and the public search interface development.

Contact & Downloads

For interviews, high-resolution assets, or press kit requests.

Press Office

Email: press@1990webarchive.org
Phone: +1 (555) 019-1990
Address: 42 Archive Blvd, Suite 199, Digital Heritage District, CA 94105
Hours: Mon–Fri, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST

Download Complete Press Kit

Includes vector logos, high-res photos, executive headshots, media kit PDF, and brand guidelines.

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