This four minute video by Government Technology shows how newly launched Library of Congress Experience lets visitors virtually examine some of nation’s most delicate and treasured artifacts. Microsoft partnered with the Library of Congress to provide this online new visitor experience.

Government Technology Associate editor Emily Montandon shows how new Microsoft technologies such as Surface Computing and Silverlight enables visitors to see and virtually handle a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence or selected books from Thomas Jefferson’s personal library.

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Microsoft signs cooperative agreement with U.S. Library of Congress