The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was
founded to build an ‘Internet library,’ with the purpose
of offering permanent access for researchers,
historians, and scholars to historical collections that
exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in
the Presidio of San Francisco, the Archive has been
receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and
others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow
to include more well-rounded collections. Now the
Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images,
and software as well as archived web pages in our
collections.