Route 66 Americana Archive

The Route 66 Americana Archive is a living historical record of America’s most famous road, preserved mile by mile, county by county, and story by story. It exists to protect the culture, people, and everyday places that made Route 66 more than a highway. Diners, motels, gas stations, museums, back roads, small towns, and family businesses are not footnotes in history. They are the history.

This project is an officially approved project of the Route 66 Centennial Commission, the body appointed by the United States Congress to steward and honor the 100th anniversary of one of America’s most beloved national treasures.

Beginning in 2026, the Archive will document Route 66 through live recording sessions across every county along the route.

Route 66 belongs to the people who kept it alive when the interstates replaced it. It belongs to the towns that refused to disappear. It belongs to the families who stayed. Route 66 Americana Archive is an amazing road with amazing energy.