Events
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Note: If you require an auxiliary aid or service in order to attend a DORIS event, please contact the Disability Service Facilitator.
Note: To request language interpretation services, please contact the Language Access Coordinator at least three (3) business days before an event.
Open House New York: NYC Municipal Archives Tour
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Saturday, October 19 - 11:00am-12:30pm
The New York City Department of Records & Information Services (DORIS) invites visitors to tour the Municipal Archives’ storage and research location in Industry City. Opened in October 2021, the $22 million state-of-the-art facility is the city’s most significant investment in its Archives since the establishment of DORIS in 1977.
Join archivists Cynthia Brenwall and Katie Ehrlich for a behind-the-scenes tour of the space and a look at unique archival artifacts, from Mayoral scrapbooks and gifts to photos and historical records of city life!
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Open House New York: Hall of Records
Tribeca, Manhattan
Saturday, October 19 - 11:00am-11:40pm, 12:00-12:40pm
Transport yourself back in time with the NYC Department of Records and Information Services’ (DORIS) exclusive tour of the Surrogate’s Courthouse, originally known as the Hall of Records. Located in Lower Manhattan, this Beaux-Arts historical landmark is an example of the early 20th-century architectural movement known as City Beautiful. Designed by John Rochester Thomas and completed in 1907 by Tammany Hall architects Horgan and Slattery, the building aimed to visually transform NYC, uplift the city’s communities and inspire moral and civic virtue.
The guided tour led by Digitization Specialist Matthew Minor takes you through the building’s magnificent lobby and shares historical insights on the Palais Garnier-inspired grand staircase, mosaic ceilings, and interior sculptures.
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Lunch & Learn: Our Lady of the World's Fair
Online (Zoom)
Tuesday, November 19 - 1:00-2:00pm
Join the NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) each month for our virtual Lunch & Learn Series - an intimate conversation with agency staff and special guests focusing on the collections of the Municipal Archives and Library and the history of New York City.
On November 19, join author Ruth D. Nelson for a discussion on her recent book, Our Lady of the World’s Fair.
Our Lady of the World’s Fair uncovers how New York's most influential leaders persuaded the Vatican to allow one of the world's greatest works of art - Michelangelo’s Pietà - to leave Europe for the first and only time.
Discover how Robert Moses and Francis Cardinal Spellman united to achieve their shared goal despite differing motives, how the World’s Fair Vatican Pavilion was designed to reflect the shifts in Catholic art ushered in by Vatican II, and how the display of the Pietà resulted in the first papal visit to the Western Hemisphere.
RSVP to join us virtually (via Zoom) by clicking here.