Preserving the world’s oldest paper trail
July 29, 2026
We periodically host conservators from across the globe for the rare opportunity to work with ancient papyri. Our collection of ancient papyri is the largest in North America, and includes items dating from 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. Read about Preserving the world's oldest paper trail.
Crop from a page of the Epistles of Paul, Romans 16:23 – Hebrews 1:7 (P.Mich.inv. 6238, P46), Egypt, written on papyrus around 200 C.E.