Institution: Carnegie Hall Rose Archives
Event Title: Tour of Carnegie Hall Rose Archives and Museum
Location: Carnegie Hall Rose Archives, 154 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, 8th Fl
Event Format: In-Person Tour
Event Date(s): Wednesday, October 21, 2026 and Monday, October 26, 2026 (2 dates)
Event Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Please join the Carnegie Hall Rose Archives team for an open hours where we will feature artifacts from our collection and a guided tour of the Rose Museum.
Registration Note: Please RSVP by email to jgrunenberg@carnegiehall.org. Space is limited to 15 participants.
Public Contact: Jennifer Grunenberg, jgrunenberg@carnegiehall.org
Institution: NYC Department of Records & Information Services (DORIS)
Event Title: Neighborhood Stories: Sharing New York Memories
Location: 31 Chambers Street, Room 103, New York, New York 10007
Event Format: In-Person Workshop
Event Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Earlier this year, DORIS launched a new website for the Neighborhood Stories project, a unique storytelling initiative that gathers and permanently preserves oral history-style interviews with New York City residents, connecting local history with the records of City government maintained in the collections of the Municipal Archives and Library.
Join us at 11:00 AM to learn how you can share your New York memories and help preserve the history of the city and its neighborhoods. Drawing on photographs, documents, maps, and other materials from the Archives, we’ll explore how the official record and personal stories can tell different sides of the same place, community, or moment in New York’s history.
Bring—or simply think of—a photograph, object, memory, or family story connected to New York. Come ready to look closely, share a memory, ask questions, and consider what you or someone you know might contribute to the growing record of New York life.
Learn how the project began, how to get involved, and how your story can help preserve New York City history for future generations.
Accessibility Note: 31 Chambers Street is a government building. Before entering, visitors will be required to complete a brief security screening. The security checkpoint will include a metal detector screening and a possible bag check.
31 Chambers Street is an accessible building with an ADA entrance located at street level on Reade Street (rear of the building), staffed by a security guard during business hours. Elevators are available on all public floors. Restrooms are located on the 2nd and 3rd floors (women’s) and the 2nd and 4th floors (men’s). If you have specific accessibility needs or questions, please contact publicprograms@records.nyc.gov in advance so we can ensure the best possible experience.
Registration Note: Please RSVP at this link: https://on.nyc.gov/4xTBsLT
Public Contact: NYC Department of Records & Information Services (DORIS), publicprograms@records.nyc.gov
Event Title: Lunch & Learn: Searching the Archives for Hidden Voices
Location: 31 Chambers Street, Room 111, New York, New York 10007
Event Format: Hybrid Program
Event Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Join us at 1:00 PM for a conversation with author Hugh Ryan and archivist Riah Lee Kinsey. The speakers will discuss their experiences conducting archival research at a range of institutions, with a particular focus on their work at the Municipal Archives and Library.
Discover how their research has shaped their understanding of present-day New York and informed the ways they interpret LGBTQ history. The conversation will be moderated by archivist Tara Hart.
Join us either virtually (via Zoom) or in person (limited seats available).
Registration Note: To RSVP, click this link: https://on.nyc.gov/46NaevG
Image courtesy of the Joseph Goto Reading Room & Archive
Institution: Joseph Goto Archive
Event Title: Joseph Goto Reading Room & Archive Open House
Location: Joseph Goto Reading Room and Archive, 627 E 6th St, New York, NY 10009, USA
Event Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us for the inaugural open house at the Joseph Goto: Reading Room & Archive - in Lower Manhattan.
Visitors will be welcomed by Director, Mia Morikawa, who will share context about the artist’s life, ethos and practice, along with an outline of ongoing effort to make his archival collection accessible to the public. Archivist, Nicole Font, will introduce plans for processing Goto’s papers.
Joseph Goto (1916–1994) was a sculptor and art educator. Born in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, Goto learned to weld while working as a civilian for Army Engineers. Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor - he transformed his skill—a residue of war—into an artistic practice. In 1952, the Museum of Modern Art acquired his sculpture Organic Form, a milestone in a five-decade career spanning drawing, painting, and sculpture, from intimate tabletop works to large-scale public commissions.
Registration Note: Register via the A.R.T. website.
Public Contact: Mia Morikawa, connect@josephgoto.org
Institution: Arthur Elgort LTD.
Event Title: A Life in Photography: Inside Arthur Elgort’s Studio and Archive
Location: 138 Grand St #6W, New York, NY 10013
Event Date(s): Wednesday, October 21, 2026, Thursday, October 22, 2026, Tuesday, October 27, 2026, Wednesday, October 28, 2026 (4 dates)
Event Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join us for a behind-the-scenes look inside Arthur Elgort’s studio and archive. We’ll tour the studio and explore Arthur’s extensive collection of vintage prints, photographs, and archival materials, offering a closer look at the work and process behind a lifetime of photography.
Accessibility Note: Wheelchair accessible,
Registration Note: Registration not required.
Public Contact: Elizabeth Covintree, elizabeth@arthurelgort.com
Event Title: AI and NYC Government Records: Perspectives from the Department of Records & Information Services
Location: 31 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007
Event Format: In-Person Panel Discussion
At 3:00 PM, join the NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) for a cross‑departmental conversation on how artificial intelligence is reshaping records management, archival practice, digital preservation, and public research services.
This moderated panel brings together staff from across DORIS to discuss:
The rise of AI‑generated research requests and how they challenge existing workflows
AI’s potential to support metadata creation, digitization, technical tasks, and preservation planning
Ethical concerns around accuracy, privacy, bias, and transparency
How AI may influence the definition, creation, and stewardship of government records
Opportunities and limitations for integrating AI into archival decision‑making
Moderator: Caleb Simone, Digital Archivist
Panelists:
Katie Ehrlich, Reference Supervisor
Patricia Glowinski, Collections Management Supervisor
Rossy Mendez, Reference Supervisor
Kelli O’Toole, Digital Programs Supervisor
Rose Nagle‑Yndigoyen, Director of NYC Records Management
Lindsey Hobbs, Head of Conservation & Preservation
As part of New York Archives Week, this program highlights DORIS’s role in shaping the broader conversation about AI, archives, and city government, while bringing together diverse staff perspectives on the opportunities and challenges ahead.
Accessibility Note: 31 Chambers Street, is an accessible building with an ADA entrance located at street level on Reade Street (rear of the building), staffed by a security guard during business hours. Elevators are available on all public floors. Restrooms are located on the 2nd and 3rd floors (women’s) and the 2nd and 4th floors (men’s).
31 Chambers Street is a government building. Before entering, visitors will be required to complete a brief security screening. The security checkpoint will include a metal detector screening and a possible bag check.
If you have specific accessibility needs or questions, please contact publicprograms@records.nyc.gov in advance so we can ensure the best possible experience.
Registration Note: To RSVP: https://on.nyc.gov/4rQguw2
Institution: Bronx County Historical Society
Event Title: Bronx County Archives Open House
Location: Bronx County Archives, 3313 Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx NY 10467
Event Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Take a tour of the facilities of the Bronx County Archives at the Bronx County Historical Society with the Librarian/Archivist. Take a look at some highlights from our collections and enjoy some light refreshments.
Accessibility Note: There is a ramp to access the building via wheelchair but some of the tour will be up a flight of stairs.
Public Contact: Jack McKernan, jmckernan@bronxhistoricalsociety.org
Image courtesy of Garret Linn at Various/Artists
Title: A.R.T. Presents: A Screening of METROPOLIS
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 21st, 2026, at 6:30PM
Duration: 2.5 hours
Capacity: 40
Admission: Free! (open to A.R.T. Members & Non-Members)
Location: Various/Artists, 19 Essex Street (between Canal and Hester Streets)
Join Archivists Round Table for the start of 2026 New York Archives Week with a screening of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis at Various/Artists Gallery on the Lower East Side.
The theme of this year’s Archives Week Symposium is Envisioning Metropolis: The Future of New York City’s Past Today. When it premiered in 1927, Metropolis faced widespread criticism, and studio executives demanded the film go through rigorous rounds of editing. Much of the film’s original cut was lost – until 2008, when the original version was discovered by Paula Felix-Didier in the archives of the Museo del Cine, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
We are honored to precede this screening of the restored film with a pre-recorded introduction from Felix-Didier, interviewed by A.R.T.’s Director of Outreach, Linda Page.
Introductory remarks and Felix-Didier’s introduction will begin around 6:30PM, and the screening of Metropolis will start around 7PM. The film is approximately 2 hours. Snacks and refreshments will be provided. You are welcome to move about the gallery space throughout the screening.
Special thanks to Various/Artists and gallery director Garret Linn for hosting this special screening.
This is an in-person event limited to 40 attendees. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event.
In the occasion that the event is sold out, we highly recommend joining the waitlist. An ART staff member will reach out to you if a spot becomes available. Unless you've been given permission, please do not show up at the event without registering.
How to find Various/Artists
Various/Artists is an art gallery located at 19 Essex Street (between Canal and Hester Streets) on the Lower East Side. The closest subway stations are the East Broadway F stop and the Grand Street B/D stop. The Canal Street N/Q/J/6 station is about a 10 minute walk. The M9 bus station stops at Essex and Canal Street, across from Seward Park. The M15 bus runs down Allen Street, a couple of blocks to the west of Essex.
There are Citibike docks and parking garages nearby Various/Artists as well.
About
Various/Artists produces handmade records, prints, publications and other editions by artists working across a wide range of media. Since 2024, Various/Artists has operated a storefront project space at 19 Essex St. in New York City featuring monthly exhibitions and programs by comrades and collaborators.
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Rummana Hussain, A Space for Healing. 1999. Image from Geeta Kapur and Vivan Sundaram Archive. Courtesy of Geeta Kapur and Asia Art Archive.
Institution: Asia Art Archive in America
Event Title: Traces and Temporalities: The Art of Rummana Hussain and Nasreen Mohamedi
Location: Asia Art Archive in America (23 Cranberry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201)
Event Format: In-Person Program
Event Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
AAAinA is honored to present an evening of research sharing and conversation
between the art historians Ananya Sikand and Rattanamol Singh Johal.
In examining the traces and temporalities that surface in the lives and works of the Indian artists Rummana Hussain (1952-1999) and Nasreen Mohamedi (1937-1990), this program will bring together the practices of two artists who are typically not read together due to their formal divergences.
Sikand will present a talk drawing on her larger doctoral dissertation project, Muslim Unbelonging: Conceptual and Performance Art in Post-Independence South Asia (1970-2020), which reframes histories of conceptual and performance art of South Asia and its diaspora via the dialectic of belonging and unbelonging. She will then be joined in conversation by Dr. Johal.
For more information and biographies of the speakers, please visit the event page on the AAA-A website.
Registration Note: Yes, through the Eventbrite page. Registration through the Eventbrite portal is required for all AAAinA programming. Suggested donation is $5. The minimum required donation is $1. Light refreshments will be provided. Programs begin promptly, so please arrive 5-10 minutes early.
Public Contact: Claire Kim, ckim@aaa-a.org
Event Title: Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen & DORIS Commissioner Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz
Event Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
At 7:00 PM, the NYC Department of Records & Information Services (DORIS)’s commissioner, Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz, will join Emmy Award winner Randy Cohen for a live recording of Person Place Thing.
Person Place Thing is an interview show based on the idea that people are especially engaging when they speak, not directly about themselves, but about something they care about. Guests share a person, place, and thing they find meaningful. The result: surprising stories from great talkers.
Registration Note: To RSVP, click this link: https://on.nyc.gov/4iSVBhE
Institution: LaGuardia & Wagner Archives
Event Title: Meet the Archivists!
Location: LaGuardia Community College C Building Lobby, 29-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, 11101
Event Format: In-Person Program / Tour
Event Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Event Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Have you ever wondered what treasures are housed in the LaGuardia & Wagner Archives? Now's your chance! Join our Archivists to explore unique collections, uncover the secrets of preserving history, and learn about how you can access these valuable resources for research and education.
Accessibility Note: The C Building is fully accessible.
Registration Note: Please register by e-mailing Andrew Tripp at atripp@lagcc.cuny.edu with the headline "Meet the Archivists."
Public Contact: Andrew Tripp, atripp@lagcc.cuny.edu
Institution: Giorno Poetry Systems
Event Title: Happy Hour at Giorno Poetry Systems
Location: Giorno Poetry Systems (222 Bowery, New York, NY 10012)
Event Format: In-Person Happy Hour
Event Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Join for a happy hour gathering at Giorno Poetry Systems in the East Village on Thursday, October 22nd from 5:30-7:30PM.
Giorno Poetry Systems manages the estate of John Giorno. 222 Bowery, "The Bunker," is the former home of William Burroughs and is the same building where John Giorno, Lynda Benglis, and Mark Rothko all lived at various points. In addition to supporting artist, poets, and musicians through grants and public programming, GPS maintains Giorno's extensive archive of the downtown New York poetry, art, performance, and music communities.
Giorno Poetry Systems is across the street from the New Museum, which is open until 9PM on Thursdays and admission is pay-what-you-wish from 7PM until close.
Public Contact: Bonnie Whitehouse, bonnie@giornopoetrysystems.org
Institution: Van Alen Institute
Event Title: The Accidental Archive: A Community Workshop with Divya Mehra
Location: Van Alen Institute, 303 Bond Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Event Format: In-Person Tour and Panel Discussion
Event Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Van Alen Institute has spent more than 130 years at the intersection of design ambition and civic life. Its archive of thousands of competition boards, jury records, travel logs, and correspondence is one of the most extensive records of American architectural history.
Opening October 8 thru November 13, 2026, Van Alen will present an exhibition titled Open Access: Exploring 130 Years of American Design inviting five artists and designers to respond to our extensive archive. But an archive is never neutral. It reflects the priorities, blind spots, and values of those who built it: who was invited in, whose ideas were resourced, and whose were left out entirely.
To further celebrate during this exhibition, we will present a series of public programs and will host one event on October 22 during New York Archives Week. The Accidental Archive: A Community Workshop with Divya Mehra, this interactive workshop led by writer and artist Divya Mehra, will glean through our own personal archives and ask questions about value, the mundane, and what it means to choose to embrace our own archival practice. During the event, you will have the opportunity to view the exhibition and question what open access means and who does it serve. This event is free and open to the public, but ask people to RSVP at the link provided so we can accommodate as many people as the space allows.
Please visit our website at www.vanalen.org for more information regarding this program and the others being held during the exhibition. We look forward to welcoming you to Van Alen for one of our many public events this Fall!!
Registration Note: Please RSVP to the event using this Luma link: https://luma.com/egvpkebz
Public Contact: Janeen Schiff, jschiff@vanalen.org
Institution: Public Design Commission
Event Title: Public Design Commission Archive Tour
Location: 253 Broadway, New York, NY 10007
Event Time: 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
The Public Design Commission (PDC) maintains an archive of projects reviewed by the Commission since 1902, documenting nearly 8,000 sites throughout New York City and providing a unique view into the history of the City’s public works that showcases how social, political and economic factors and world events can shape the public realm.
Learn about the origins of the PDC, an overview of the PDC’s jurisdiction over the public realm, and discover the role that the Archive plays when it comes to providing vital background for old and current public projects and research assistance to PDC staff, New York City agency staff, and the public.
This is an in-person event limited to 15 attendees.
Sign-in Information: The tour will meet in the lobby of 253 Broadway (Broadway between Murray & Warren Streets). After signing in with Julianna Monjeau (Senior Archivist & Information Specialist) you will be directed to pass through security and a metal detector in the lobby. Bring a Photo ID and be prepared to remove belts or any metal accessories upon request.
Accessibility Note: The Archive is wheelchair accessible and chairs will be made available for visitors within the archive. The tour includes limited walking and includes a short visual tour of the archive before reviewing individually displayed archival records.
Registration Note: Registration is required, and attendance is limited to 15 people. To register, please email Julianna Monjeau at jmonjeau@cityhall.nyc.gov.
Public Contact: Julianna Monjeau, jmonjeau@cityhall.nyc.gov
Title: New York Archives Week Symposium & Awards Ceremony 2026
Date & Time: Friday, October 23, 2026 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Capacity: 200
Admission: See Below for Details
Location: American Museum of Natural History, 200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
A little under a century ago, the expressionist silent film Metropolis made its world premiere in Berlin. Written by Thea von Harbou and directed by Fritz Lang, the film takes place in what was then the distant year of 2026. Set against the backdrop of a futuristic, dystopian cityscape of endless skyscrapers, the film imagines a society riven with class conflict and inequality. Our current year 2026 marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of New Amsterdam and the Semiquincentennial of the establishment of the United States. This synchronicity allows us to explore concepts of commemoration and chronology—what are we celebrating when we mark these anniversaries: our past or our future?
When it premiered in 1927, Metropolis faced widespread criticism, and studio executives demanded the film go through rigorous rounds of editing. Much of the film’s original cut was lost—until 2008, when the original version was discovered by Paula Felix-Didier in the archives of the Museo del Cine, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is an illustrative example of archivists as mediators in the process of remembrance and rediscovery. In this symposium, we will consider questions of legacy and memorialization, and how these abstract concepts come to bear on our work as archival stewards in concrete, material ways.
As an expressionist work of science-fiction, Metropolis aimed to offer its audience a vision of a far-off future. But, the film speaks as much to the future as it does to the anxieties and concerns of its contemporary audience. As archivists, our task is to preserve and catalog works of enduring value. We seek to provide for our successors a record of our predecessors’ time as well as our own. In this spirit, where is the intersection between story, history and prediction, and how do we unravel these interrelated concepts? Let us examine how our ancestors envisioned the future and interrogate how we look back on history today, in order to better understand the role we collectively play in the ongoing dialogue between past, present, and future.
Utilizing Metropolis as a conceptual framework, and taking into consideration the pivotal anniversaries the nation will mark this year, we invite reflections on how archives can prepare for the future and what we might envision that future to be. Recognizing the current realities of the socio-political landscape, both nationally and locally, what can these commemorative milestones reveal? Is it possible to learn from history in order to glimpse a utopia of liberty and justice for all?
The symposium offers a full day of presentations on research, labor strategies, and best practices, with the aim of bringing together archivists, records managers, librarians, museum professionals, scholars, researchers, and the general public.
Please also join us to celebrate the distinguished work and lasting achievements of individuals and institutions of our profession for the Awards Ceremony, which will be doled out throughout the symposium.
Coffee and a light lunch will be provided. Please indicate any dietary restrictions or allergies on your registration form.
Please note: This event will not be recorded, but presentations will be organized in a proceedings document available sometime after the event.
This is an in-person event limited to 200 people. Advance registration is required and non-transferable. Please note that you must reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend the symposium and awards ceremony.
Admission:
A.R.T. Members: $30.00 per person
A.R.T. Student Members: $15.00 per person
Non-A.R.T. Members: $45.00 per person
New Member Sign-Up: $20 per person
Those who register for a new A.R.T. membership between now and the end of the day on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, will receive a discount code for the symposium in their membership confirmation email.
If you are currently experiencing financial hardship, we have set aside a limited number of complimentary tickets. We operate on the honor system, so no documentation or proof of financial need is required. We are prioritizing first-time attendees and students.
If you would like to request a complimentary ticket, please complete this form by the end of the day on Friday, October 16. If selected, you will be automatically registered for the conference and notified by email. This form will close once all complimentary tickets have been claimed.
If you have any questions, please contact Director of Communications Nicole Font at communications@nycarchivists.org.
Envisioning Metropolis: The Future of New York City’s Past Today
Program
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration
Location: Futter Gallery, 77th Street Entrance
Pick up your name badge and symposium materials.
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Location: Kaufmann Theater
Stephanie Neel, A.R.T. Board President
Manhattan Borough President Proclamation, Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Mayoral Proclamation
Bonnie Yochelson, Margaret Morton Archive
Herbert Durán, Education Director
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Keynote Address: To Be Announced
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM
Morning Break
11:10 AM - 12:40 PM
Ghost in the Shell: The Changing Technological Basis of our Profession
Ghost in the Shell will explore the ongoing impact of new technologies on age-old archival practices and routines. With different varieties of “Artificial Intelligence”, “machine learning”, or “large language models” increasing in power and ubiquity every year, those dedicated to the preservation and utilization must be willing to confront the dangers and opportunities of these new technologies; the ways in which they reshape our paradigms and the ways in which they simply reinforce existing dilemmas. In this panel, researchers will delve into questions of utilization and adaptation, on both a practical and theoretical level, and discuss the ways in which our values and goals as archivists are dependent on the technology we wield in that service.
Tactical Recordkeeping: Archival Perspectives on Evidence from Autonomous Weapons | Patrick McGee/CUNY Archival Technologies Lab/Research Fellow, James Lowry/CUNY Archival Technologies Lab/Director
The Print That Survived: AI, Static Sites, and the Access Layer We Don't Preserve | Guo Liu, Symbiosis Lab. Independent software practice in New York City
From the "Nitrate Glitch" to Forensic Certainty: Implementing the Celluloid Cipher for Lost Cinema Recovery | Rachel Gullett / AMIA/ Independent Archivist and Digital Preservationist
Nobody Is Going to Describe the Backlog: Machine-Generated Description Without Contaminating the Archival Record | Keith G. Pemberton II/Yale University, Society of American Archivists AI Taskforce/Student Researcher
12:40 PM - 12:50 PM
Digital Archives and Innovation Award
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM
Lunch
Location: Davis Classroom
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
ART Volunteer of the Year Award and Emerging Professional Award
2:10 PM - 3:20 PM
I Think This is the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship: Shared Archives, Shared Spaces
This panel invites us to explore community-led methodology as a foundation of archival theory and practice. As we continue to expand past the traditional boundaries and structures of the archival institution, it becomes more imperative that archives forge partnerships with the communities they serve. Panelists will delve into the meaningful opportunities that arise from community stewardship, as well as confront its possible obstacles.
Ensuring History: Decentralization, Documenting Dissent, and Academic Freedom at Columbia University | Conrad Lochner, Teachers College, Columbia University/Special and Digital Collections Librarian, EY Zipris, Teachers College, Columbia University/adjunct professor, part-time instructor, and doctoral student in the Art and Art Education program
Cultivating Memory: Archiving Bronx Green-Up and the Challenges of Preserving Community Garden History | Ashley Aberg, Reference Archivist, New York Botanical Garden
Institutional Hosting: Redefining Infrastructure for Community-Led Archiving | Emanuel Nevame Agbavitor / NYU + LIU / Student & Video Editor
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Break
3:30 PM - 3:40 PM
Community Engagement Award
Kaufmann Theater
3:40 PM - 4:50 PM
And the Band Played On: Documenting Crisis, Preserving Memory
And the Band Played On will delve into novel approaches to stewardship and extended access. Looking beyond the traditional boundaries and structures of the archival institution, panelists will explore how archivists can work alongside individuals and community groups who steward their own collections. They will explore case studies that document health crises and protest, examining how coalition-building can bring together farflung archival material and foster thought-provoking projects that call attention to community activism and resiliency.
Collecting COVID: disorganized thoughts on a renegade collection | Jacob Ford / COVID Material Culture Museum / Founder
Invisible Records, Invisible Labor: Unearthing Archival Media to Surface Two Historic Sanitation Worker Strikes | Katie Heiserman, 2 Train Productions, Co-Founder
Friendship, Care, and the Archival Afterlives of Club 57 | Brittany Shaw, Queens College GSLIS student
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Award for Archival Achievement
Institution: Allied Productions, Inc. & Le Petit Versailles
Event Title: PUBLIC NOTICE: Allied Productions' Living Archive
Location: 368 E 8th St New York, NY 10009
Event Date: Friday, October 23, 2026
Event Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Allied Productions will be unearthing select boxes from the archive that reveal a history of New York’s Lower East Side placing artists as organizers and advocates in efforts for public health and community welfare. Through records and programs tracking legal disputes involving historic NYC squats and visual documentation of queer performances and DIY art shows amidst the AIDs crisis, Allied Productions, Inc. Records and Media Collections holds a blueprint for artists challenging the status quo and working against governmental neglect. Founders Jack Waters and Peter Cramer will be discussing their work stewarding community spaces such as ABC No Rio, CHARAS, and Le Petit Versailles as well as their ongoing endeavors in collecting queer ephemera and producing artwork centering marginalized voices. They will be joined by Rose Knopper and Grace Muller, both artists who have spearheaded Allied’s recent archival project initiated in 2024 as they discuss what lessons can be drawn from revisiting vulnerable histories and creating systems for a living archive. Some featured documents were processed with help of archivists at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space.
Capacity: 50
Registration Note:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-notice-allied-productions-living-archive-tickets-2003216338995
Public Contact: J.C. Llaguno, jcllaguno@alliedproductions.org
Institution: XFR Collective
Event Title: XFR Collective Workshop
Location: Property Is Theft, 411 South 5th St, Los Sures, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Event Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026
Event Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
XFR Collective (pronounced “transfer”) is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that partners with artists, activists, individuals, and groups to lower the barriers to preserving at-risk audiovisual media, particularly vulnerable to obsolescence and decay. XFR Collective will host an open video digitization workshop at Property Is Theft (P.I.T.) where we will walk you through our video digitization rack, how the transfer process works, and how to digitize a videotape. This workshop will not only teach the basics of transferring videotape, but will serve as a demonstration of how our regular community archives workshops operate.
Accessibility Note: Ground floor, wheelchair accessible.
Registration Note: RSVP by email to xfrcollective@gmail.com
Public Contact: Paige Laino, xfrcollective@gmail.com
Still from “San Francisco State: On Strike.” Image courtesy of Third World Newsreel
Institution: Third World Newsreel
Event Title: “Revolutionary in Spirit and Commitment”: Third World Newsreel’s Stock Footage Collection
Location: Zoom (See Event for Details)
Event Format: Virtual Lecture and Screening
Event Date: Sunday, October 25, 2026
Event Time: 1:00 PM -2:00 PM
Newsreel was founded in late 1967 after the March on the Pentagon. This collective created over 60 films from 1968-1972 documenting social justice movements across the country, including unique footage of New York chapters of the Black Panthers and Young Lords, some of the first large college campus strikes, second wave feminist demonstrations, and anti-Vietnam War protests. Stock Footage Consultant Linda Page will talk about these materials and their importance to TWN today, and will share clips of some of the films in this collection.
Accessibility Note: These are audiovisual materials that have captions, though not all captioning may be accurate.
Registration Note: Register via Zoom.
Public Contact: Linda Page, Films@twn.org
Mac's First House, East River, 1992. Courtesy of the Margaret Morton Archive.
Institution: Margaret Morton Archive
Event Title: Tour of the Margaret Morton Archive
Location: Mana Contemporary (888 Newark Avenue, Studio 364, Jersey City, NJ 07306)
Join Stephanie Neel, Director of Archives & Operations, for a tour of the Margaret Morton Archive at Mana Contemporary. This tour will take place during Mana's Fall Open Studios, so please feel free to peruse the other artists' studios and exhibitions throughout the day.
Margaret Morton (1948-2020) was a graphic designer, photographer, author, and Professor of Art at Cooper Union. Between 1993 and 2003, Margaret produced four books of photographs and transcribed interviews of unhoused communities in New York: Transitory Gardens, Uprooted Lives (1993); The Tunnel (1995); Fragile Dwelling (2000); and Glass House (2003). The Margaret Morton Archive was established in 2022 to promote her legacy and arrange donations of her work to public collections.
The Archive comprises over 1,000 of Margaret’s photographic exhibition prints and approximately 100 linear feet of Margaret’s personal papers; field work notes and book project files; press; exhibition ephemera; posters; artwork by other artists; and a substantial media collection related to her personal photography, oral history interviews, and book projects.
Accessibility Note: Mana Contemporary is about a 10 minute walk from the Journal Square PATH train station. You can also take a taxi or rideshare from the station to Mana. Mana has a large parking lot that attendees who are driving in can use for parking. There is a ramp or a short flight of stairs leading up to the entrance of the building, and the Margaret Morton Archive is located on the third floor, accessible by both elevators and stairs.
Registration Note: Registration required, limited to 20 registrants. People can RSVP by emailing stephanie@margaretmorton.org with their name and contact information.
Public Contact: Stephanie Neel, stephanie@margaretmorton.org
Institution: NYU's Archives Onstage
Event Title: Archives Onstage: Maria Iréne Fornés and the LGBTQ+ Artists Archive Project
Location: NYU Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY 10012
Event Format: In-Person Exhibition Tour with an Optional Event to Follow
Archives Onstage is an annual series that aims to activate and increase access to and interest in the NYU Division of Libraries’ significant performing arts-related archival holdings in relation to contemporary art and scholarship on campus, in partnership with NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
This year’s events celebrate the work, life, and legacy of queer, Cuban-American playwright María Irene Fornés, often called the “greatest and least known dramatist of our time.” Her work as a playwright, director, and teacher has influenced countless theatre artists.
Please join us for a tour of this year’s Archives Onstage exhibit in the Skirball Center lobby featuring artists’ portraits from the LGBTQ+ Artists Archive Project and an exploration of the theoretical and practical questions around archiving queer performance.
The exhibit tour will be followed by an optional event (RSVP here) featuring a staged reading of Fornés’s play Mud and a panel of playwrights in conversation about Fornés’s legacy.
Registration Note: Registration is not required for the exhibition tour but is required for the optional event.
Public Contact: Rye Gentleman, rye.gentleman@nyu.edu
Institution: The Jewelry Library
Event Title: Open House: The Jewelry Library
Location: 350 Seventh Avenue, Suite #2204
Event Date: Monday, October 26, 2026
Event Time: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
View our collection of books, jewelry ephemera, original jewelry designs and recent acquisitions along with a selection of jewelry from our archive.
Registration Note: Please RSVP by emailing info@thejewelrylibrary.com
Public Contact: Karen Davidov, karen@thejewelrylibrary.com
Institution: Oskar Diethelm Library, Weill Cornell Medicine
Event Title: Psychic Collections Tour, Oskar Diethelm Library
Location: 525 East 68th Street New York, NY 10065
Event Format: In Person Tour
Event Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Event Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Please join us for tours focusing on the psychic collections of the Oskar Diethelm Library on October 27th at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm, with topics including palmistry, spiritualism, mesmerism and animal magnetism, seances, ESP, telepathy, and hypnosis. The Oskar Diethelm Library, part of Weill Cornell Medical College's DeWitt Wallace Institute of Psychiatry, is a special collections library devoted to the history of psychiatry. Comprising approximately 35,00 titles, the collection has strengths in psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, mesmerism, spiritualism, phrenology, witchcraft and related topics, with titles stretching as far back as the 15th century.
Please RSVP to nrt4001@med.cornell.edu. Each time slot is limited to 10 people, and directions to the library are available here.
Registration Note: Please RSVP to nrt4001@med.cornell.edu.
Public Contact: Nicole Topich, nrt4001@med.cornell.edu
Institution: Alice Austen House
Event Title: Guided Tour of Alice Austen House
Location: Alice Austen House, 2 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10305
Event Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join Director of Collections Kristine Allegretti for a guided tour of the Alice Austen House. Where we will talk in depth about Alice and her work and the archival process since the repatriation of her photographic archives
Accessibility Note: Pathways are gravel and there is a 10 inch step down into one room.
Registration Note: Please RSVP via email to kristine@aliceausten.org.
Public Contact: Kristine Allegretti, kristine@aliceausten.org
Event Title: LaGuardia & Wagner Archives Tour
Location: 29-10 Thomson Avenue, Suite C760, Long Island City, Queens 11101
Event Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join the LaGuardia & Wagner Archives’ educators and archivists on a tour of its new facility, featuring a dedicated gallery, library, climate-controlled vaults, and new classrooms designed to support hands-on learning with historical artifacts.
Founded in 1982, the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives is a unique resource among CUNY campuses. Named after two transformative New York City mayors—Fiorello LaGuardia and Robert F. Wagner—the Archives preserves and illuminates the stories that shape New York City, with an emphasis on the mayoralty and the borough of Queens. Over the years, the Archives has grown to include more than two million documents and artifacts, and 100,000 digitized photographs, chronicling the city’s governance, public policy, and civic life.
Accessibility Note: The C Building is fully accessible
Registration Note: Please RSVP by emailing Andrew Tripp at atripp@lagcc.cuny.edu with the subject line "Archives Tour"
Image courtesy of La MaMa Archive
Institution: La MaMa Archive
Event Title: La MaMa Archive Tour
Location: 66 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003
Established in the early 1970’s, La MaMa Archive collects, preserves, and exhibits records of permanent historical value relating to La MaMa and the Off-Off Broadway movement. La MaMa’s collections offer an intimate perspective on major social, aesthetic, and political movements of the 20th and 21st centuries that resonate with histories of peoples across the globe. Join Archive staff as we tell the story of how La MaMa was founded and the ways in which it would change the landscape of American theatre through the work of Ellen Stewart and her cohort of playwrights, directors and actors. Explore the Archive and hear the stories behind the props, costumes, posters and sets.
Accessibility Note: Accessible.
Registration Note: Registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1999720399546?aff=oddtdtcreator
Public Contact: Kylie Goetz, archives@lamama.org
Institution: Wolf Kahn Foundation
Event Title: Wolf Kahn Foundation Open House
Location: 134 W 26th St., Suite 1150 New York, NY 10001
Event Time: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Wolf Kahn Foundation is dedicated to preserving and promoting the artistic achievements of Wolf Kahn (1927-2020) and to sharing them with audiences, scholars, and other artists towards a greater understanding of his work and his lasting contribution to American art of the Second Generation New York School. Please join us for an open house at the new Wolf Kahn Foundation offices, get a peek into our archives, learn more about the life of Wolf Kahn and ask our archivists and collection manager any questions you might have about the work of the foundation, or about artists' foundations and archives. Light refreshments will be served.
Accessibility Note: The 11th floor is accessible by elevator.
Public Contact: Vince Kelley, archives@wolfkahnfoundation.org
Institution: Haiti Cultural Exchange
Event Title: Partnering Artists and Archives - "Rasin San Bout: Roots Without End: Artists in Dialogue Sounds of Haiti from the Alan Lomax Archive" at Haiti Cultural Exchange
Location: 35 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11217
Event Format: In-Person Exhibition
Join us at Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX) to view our current interactive exhibition, in collaboration with the Association for Cultural Equity (ACE), which stewards the archive of ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax. Archivist and co-curator Micaela Walker will be on hand to discuss the exhibition, “Rasin San Bout | Roots Without End: Artists in Dialogue with Sounds of Haiti from the Alan Lomax Archive”.
About the Exhibition
The Association for Cultural Equity selected 40 essential recordings from nearly 50 hours of recordings that Alan Lomax made in Haiti in 1936-1937. HCX invited visual artists of Haitian descent through an open-call to build a conversation between the past and present by responding to these recordings through their own creative practices. The result is a vibrant, multi-sensory mix of textile art, film, photography, and visual art to be viewed while listening to the recordings they were directly inspired by, uniting them to explore Haiti’s cultural traditions and the stories, memories, and communities connected to them.
“Rasin San Bout | Roots Without End” offers a uniquely immersive way to witness the personal and creative impact that this archive inspired in the artists responding to the rare, unique recordings from their ancestral home. Our hope is for visitors to make their own connections between the recorded sounds and the presented work to inspire reflections on how cultural traditions are preserved and reimagined.
Please visit our website to learn more about the exhibition and Haiti Cultural Exchange.
Public Contact: Micaela Walker, archive@haiticulturalx.org
Image courtesy of the One Million Years Foundation
Institution: One Million Years Foundation
Event Title: One Million Years Foundation Open House
Location: 140 Greene St, 3rd Floor, New York, NY (SoHo)
Event Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Over more than five decades, On Kawara (29,771 days) developed a distinct and highly nuanced form of artistic expression that engaged with chronological time and its function as a measure of human existence. A key figure in the conceptual art movement that emerged in New York in the 1960s, the artist created a significant body of work organized into discrete series that together form a meditative examination of time and place. Join the One Million Years Foundation for a presentation of archival material that offers a deeper look into the artist’s practice.
Accessibility Note: The foundation is located on the third floor of a private building in SoHo, accessed by elevator. Please note there are a few stairs to get to the elevator. If you have questions about access, please contact us in advance of the event, and we will make every effort to accommodate you.
Registration Note: Please RSVP to cfoster@onemillionyearsfoundation.org
Public Contact: Caitlin Foster, cfoster@onemillionyearsfoundation.org
Note: There is no photography allowed in the space.
Image courtesy Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
Institution: Leslie-Lohman Museum
Event Title: Activating the Archive: Michelle Handelman Capsule Collection Launch
Location: Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, 26 Wooster Street, New York, New York 10013
Event Format: In-Person Exhibition and Lecture
Event Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
On occasion of Michelle Handelman’s Capsule Collection Launch at The Feminist Institute's Digital Archive, join Handelman in conversation with Dr. Amber Musser, Jeanne Vaccaro, and Exx Nottage, moderated by Stamatina Gregory, on the historically marginalized work being introduced into feminist queer archives. This panel will discuss how archives can serve as interventions into dominant historical narratives within collecting institutions, the cultural record, and art history. Through their activation, archives become a form of information activism, creating new possibilities for scholarship, public memory, and more equitable futures.
This panel will bring together archivists, scholars, and cultural workers to discuss how feminist + queer archives, and specifically Michelle's Collection in the TFI Digital Archive, can be activated through research, teaching, and other forms of cultural work. We'll focus on how feminist and queer archives expand the canon by bringing into the cultural record artists whose work has been historically marginalized by collecting institutions and art history, and demonstrate how archives can serve as interventions into dominant historical narratives. Through their activation, archives become a form of information activism, creating new possibilities for scholarship, public memory, and more equitable futures.
Registration Note: Free to attend, RSVP is highly recommended. https://secure.qgiv.com/for/leslie-lohmanmuseum/event/handelmanarchive/
Public Contact: Linda Page, outreach@nycarchivists.org
Image courtesy Woodlawn Cemetery
Please note that this tour is not part of the 2026 New York Archives Week lineup.
Title: Trolley Tour of The Woodlawn Cemetery
Date & Time: Thursday, October 29 at 2:15PM (Tour begins promptly at 2:30PM)
Duration: 2 hours
Capacity: 20
Admission: Members $5.00 and Non-Members $10.00
Location: Woodlawn Cemetery,3800 Jerome Ave entrance, Bronx, NY (intersection of Jerome & Bainbridge Avenues)
Join us for an autumnal trolley tour of the historic cemetery and a viewing of its historical documents. Founded in 1863 by some of New York City’s most prominent citizens, Woodlawn tells the story of New York and the nation from the Industrial Age through today. Nearly every industry, class, religion and ethnicity is represented by the veritable “Who’s Who of American History,” reflecting stories of art and engineering, industrialization, cultural and societal development.
This is an in-person event limited to 20 attendees. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event.
How to find Woodlawn Cemetery
Subway: Take the 4 train to the end of line – Woodlawn Station. From the base of the station, walk about half a block. Jerome Avenue entrance is on the right.
Meeting location
Meet at the Jerome Avenue entrance - NOT the main entrance on Webster Avenue
Established in 1863 and spanning 400 acres, The Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York, is one of the nation’s most distinguished historic cemeteries and a certified Level II Arboretum. In 2011, Woodlawn was designated a National Historic Landmark for its singular importance in the history of the nation and New York City. Woodlawn is also an active cemetery with ongoing burials and funeral services, and more than 310,000 individuals are memorialized on its grounds. Woodlawn is one of the nation's finest examples of a 19th-century garden cemetery. Its monuments represent some of the best memorial art and architecture in the nation, including nearly 1,300 private mausoleums designed by some of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. The Woodlawn Cemetery is open to the public free of charge 365 days a year from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. Woodlawn offers a broad range of public and educational programs, including a workforce development program, Bridge to Crafts Careers, that has offered trades training for more than a decade. For more information, visit www.woodlawn.org.
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