Campus Features - The Packard Campus - A/V Conservation. The Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. Photo by Bob Bieberdorf The Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation is located on 45-acres near Culpeper, Virginia, 75 miles southwest of Washington, DC near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The campus is built into the side of Mount Pony, the highest slope in Culpeper County, and features an adaptive reuse and expansion of a previously existing underground Federal Reserve Bank facility.
Below are some highlights about the facility and its features: The entire campus includes 415,000 square feet of useable space in four campus buildings: Back to Top. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation The National Audiovisual Conservation Center, also known as the Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation, is the Library of Congress's new audiovisual archive located inside Mount Pony in Culpeper, Virginia. Establishment[edit] From 1969 to 1988, the facility was a high-security storage facility operated by the Federal Reserve Board. With the approval of the United States Congress in 1997, it was purchased by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond via a $5.5 million grant, done on behalf of the Library of Congress.
With a further $150 million from the Packard Humanities Institute and $82.1 million from Congress, the facility was transformed into the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, which completed construction in mid-2007, and after transfer of the bulk of archives, opened for scheduled tours and visitors in fall 2008. Federal Reserve Bunker[edit] Post Cold War[edit] Packard Campus Theater. The Architect's Virtual Capitol. Midatlantic.construction.com/projects/MA_BestOf2007.pdf. Film & Sound Treasures In the Mountain Lair (July/August 2006) - Library of Congress Information Bulletin. An architect’s rendering of the Conservation Building as it will look upon completion. Most of the complex will be covered with earth, perennials, grass and trees, restoring Mount Pony to its natural appearance. Images courtesy of the Packard Humanities Institute. The Library of Congress is transferring the entire collections and facilities of the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division to a state-of-the art facility in Culpeper, Va., about 60 miles south of Washington.
This is the first of several articles about the National Audiovisual Conservation Center. By HELEN DALRYMPLE For the first time in its history, the Library will be able to consolidate its audiovisual collections, currently held in four states and the District of Columbia, at one location, the culmination of a more than 15-year-old report that argued for the need for a state-of-the-art facility to house and preserve the extraordinary sound and film collections of the national library. Congressional Support. Mount Pony - United States Nuclear Forces.