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New York Archives Week 2026
Each October, the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. (ART), in collaboration with hundreds of organizations from the archives community across New York State, hosts New York Archives Week (NYAW). This weeklong celebration features a variety of special events throughout the New York City metropolitan area, highlighting the rich array of archival materials available in the region.
This year, New York Archives Week will take place from Wednesday, October 21 through Wednesday, October 28.
Important Dates and Deadlines
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Deadline for Zines: Wednesday September 30th. See below for details.
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Deadline for New York Archives Week Award Nominations: Friday, October 9th. Submit here!
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Deadline for Community Events: Friday, October 9th. Submit here!
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Deadline for Complimentary Symposium Ticket Registration Form: Friday, October 16th.
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Deadline for New Member Symposium Discount: Wednesday, October 21st. (Registration will open soon!)
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New York Archives Week Symposium and Awards Ceremony: Friday, October 23rd. (Registration will open soon!)
New York Archives Week Symposium and Awards Ceremony 2026
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The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. (A.R.T.) is excited to announce that the 2026 New York Archives Week Symposium and Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday, October 23rd at the American Museum of Natural History.
This year’s theme, “Envisioning Metropolis: The Future of New York City’s Past Today,” will shape a full day of programming, conversations, and critical reflections on how archives can prepare for the future, and how we might imagine that future together.
Registration and full program details will be announced soon.
For questions, please contact the Director of Education, Herbert Durán, at education@nycarchivists.org.
Complimentary Ticket Request Form
While registration fees help cover the costs of hosting the symposium, we recognize that many in the archives profession are navigating financial hardship, including unemployment, underemployment, and low wages. We want to make the symposium as accessible as possible, regardless of financial circumstances, and have set aside a limited number of complimentary tickets for those who might otherwise be unable to attend.
We operate on the honor system, so no documentation or proof of financial need is required. First-time attendees and students will be prioritized.
Please complete this form by the end of the day on Friday, October 16, to request a complimentary ticket. If selected, you will be automatically registered for the symposium and notified by email. This form will close once all available complimentary tickets have been claimed.
If you have any questions, please contact Director of Communications Nicole Font at
communications@nycarchivists.org.
New York Archives Week Awards
Each year, the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. (A.R.T.) presents awards during New York Archives Week to celebrate distinguished work and lasting achievements in our profession. This year, we're introducing a new set of award categories. We invite members to submit nominations recognizing colleagues, archival organizations, and innovative projects for the following awards:
AWARD FOR ARCHIVAL ACHIEVEMENT: Recognizes an individual or archival program that has made an outstanding contribution to the archival profession, or a notable achievement of value to the archives community, its patrons, or constituents.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARD: Recognizes an individual, organization, or program that has meaningfully connected archives with communities, particularly through outreach, collaboration, participatory archives, or efforts to make collections more accessible.
DIGITAL ARCHIVES & INNOVATION AWARD: Recognizes innovative use of digital technologies, digitization, digital preservation, metadata, or other emerging approaches to improve archival access, preservation, or discovery.
EMERGING PROFESSIONAL AWARD: Recognizes an early-career archivist or information professional who has demonstrated exceptional promise, leadership, or contribution to the profession.
ART VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Recognizes an individual who has made a remarkable contribution to the Archivists Round Table.
Submission Guidelines:
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Nominees must be A.R.T. members or operate within the New York metropolitan area.
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Explain why this individual or organization deserves to be recognized with this award.
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Provide links that illustrate or highlight the work and contributions of your nominee, if applicable.
Please note: Self-nominations and nominations of others are welcome. You will be asked to provide contact info for the nominee if you are nominating someone else. All nominators will remain anonymous.
DEADLINE: Please send nominations through this Google Form by Monday, October 5th, 2026 at 11:59 PM (EST).
Awards will be presented at this year's New York Archives Week Symposium, taking place on Friday, October 23rd, 2026, at the American Museum of Natural History. While attendance is not required to accept your award, it is highly encouraged.
Please send any questions regarding the New York Archives Week Awards, or New York Archives Week in general, to A.R.T. President Stephanie Neel at president@nycarchivists.org.
Submit a Community Event
Archivists and institutions throughout the city are invited to submit virtual and in-person events, collection tours, and community conversations to be featured on the A.R.T. Archives Week calendar via this submission form. Complete event details, including date, time, and location, must be provided at the time of submission.
Please Note: All events listed on the New York Archives Week calendar must be free and open to the public.
The deadline for event submissions is Friday, October 9, 2026
Submit your events via this Google Form: https://forms.gle/gP8LurP5Q4JrR57R7
Want to host a program but don’t have any ideas? Here are a few ideas inspired by events institutions have hosted in the past:
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Hold an open house or show-and-tell, highlighting unusual, new, or favorite materials from your collections.
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Mount a small exhibition or display using materials from your repository.
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Give a talk about a collection, project, or research topic connected to your holdings.
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Host a panel or conversation with archivists, historians, artists, researchers, and/or community members.
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Screen a film or other audiovisual materials from your collections, followed by a discussion.
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Highlight a recent acquisition, processing project, or digitization project and share what you’ve discovered.
Whether you’re planning a large public program or a smaller event, we’d love to have you participate!
CONTRIBUTE A ZINE TO OUR ZINE TABLE
Following the success of last year’s zine table, the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York (A.R.T.) is once again seeking archives-related zines to share at this year’s A.R.T. Symposium and Awards Ceremony (location and date to be announced soon).
Whether your zine is artistic, informative, personal, humorous, or somewhere in between, we want to showcase the creativity and talents of zine makers within our profession.
How to Share Your Zine
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Attending in person? Bring 10–15 copies with you and drop them off at the registration table when you check in.
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Not attending or unable to bring physical copies? Send a PDF of your zine to communications@nycarchivists.org with the subject line “ART Symposium 2026 Zine Table” by Wednesday, September 30. We’ll print and fold a small run of your zine for the table.
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Not attending and/or prefer to send physical copies? You can mail a few copies to our P.O. Box (address below). Please email communications@nycarchivists.org once they’re in the mail to let us know they’re on their way.
Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York (ART)
P.O. 663
New York, NY 10159
For questions, please contact Director of Communications Nicole Font at communications@nycarchivists.org.
Please note: All zines will be freely distributed to Symposium attendees. Sales will not be facilitated at this time. Zine artists who sell their work are welcome to share links to their websites or sales platforms so that we can include them in a list of participating zine artists that will be shared following the Symposium and Awards Ceremony.
If you have any questions about New York Archives Week, please contact A.R.T. President Stephanie Neel at president@nycarchivists.org.