Archives Week Events Archives Week - Events New York Archives Week, an annual observance of the importance of archival and historical records to our lives, is coordinated in New York City by the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York. Questions about individual event and exhibitions should be directed to the sponsoring organizations.
Locations are in Manhattan unless noted otherwise.
Observance based on October 10th birthday of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, leader of the first Black Regiment during the war. Festival will celebrate Leif Erikson Park's formation, history, monuments, recent renovations, and its connection to the Scandinavian community. Focusing on the history of NYC, this festival will include a conference from Oct. 5-7 at the old Altman's Building on Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, now home to the Gotham Center and City University's Graduate School. History museums, historical societies, historic sites, neighborhood organizations, colleges, schools, walking tour guides, archivists, librarians, and preservationists will sponsor programs of their own. Event plans to raise public awareness of the Town's historic treasures.