# America 250: Innovation in America’s Cultural Institutions

Libraries, archives and museums are using AI to bring new understanding, access and preservation to our shared history. Learn about Revolution Crossroads, an innovative America 250 collaboration between the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress, which uses AI with Revolutionary-era America collections, as well as cutting-edge synthetic DNA data storage initiative that will preserve our treasured collections far beyond the next 250 years.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 30 min
- By: Smith, Natalie Buda
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-12454/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-12454?play=1)