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I too saw a previous iteration of this one. That may skew this review, but, I'm liking this one better.
"Democracy Starts Here" has decreased in prominence to where I think it strikes the right balance now. The three buttons underneath it, they draw my attention. Now you've given me some idea of what you want me to click on: if I like documents, try today's; if I like exhibits, try today's; and if I like browsing, ta daa there it is.
I'm not sure there's a solution to the mild problem I see: the three buttons divide the space into 3 equal columns, and the area underneath divides it into 3 unequal columns (and the 2-column section below that matches the latter (good)). There seems to be yet a third alignment paradigm in your phat-footer; THAT needs a tweak.
People are harping on your color choice, but it's not awful. I think the successes of this layout may be somewhat color-independent, though. You could make it blue again, and that would be more "American." There IS a little too little contrast between the white box that contains your content and the ghosted constitution in the background. It makes for an indefinite or indistinct line there... not ideal.
But overall this is tight work. As a visitor I very very much appreciate that you've given me some fun options for what to do first.
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Browns
There are too many browns in this design, I recommend you choose another color to complement this to break it up a little.
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Logo
There is a different logo in each of your drafts. Are you also redesigning their logo? I personally think this one is weak. I live in DC area and have been to this building a few times. I would not recognize the building from any other building in DC (except the capital and white house of course). I think the other two logos are stronger.
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Stand Out
With all the browns and lack of border around this area, it seems to be blending into the rest of the page. I did prefer the other two "feature" areas
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Keep Tweaking
I'm like where you're going with these little feature boxes, but I don't think you're quite done yet. I would play with borders, shading, or playing with the titles here to make them feel a little more finished.
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separation
I think these areas need some separation and definition from one another. Like the rest of the page, everything seems to just blend together.
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Logo II
If you choose to keep this logo, I would try this as a test: Make your logo the same light brown that the titles of this nav bar are. Make the nav bar a little taller and have the logo/homepage link be the first part of the bar. So scooch over the categories and put the logo where "research our collections" currently sits.
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