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Archives and the arts: painting, music, and silent film

Boogie Up the Block 2017 On August 19, 206 Zulu, our neighbors at Washington Hall, held their second annual graffiti painting contest using the exterior…

King County’s wharves, docks and ferry landings: starting a new century

The King County Archives recently updated one of its older record series, County Engineer wharf files 1899-1987 (Series 375). Staff and volunteers added more maps…

Boogie up the Block and the Off the Wall mural competition

Saturday, August 19, the King County Archives will be participating in Boogie Up the Block, an all-ages urban arts festival taking place on Fir Street in…

Commemorating the Ship Canal Centennial

The King County’s Archives’ most recent exhibit The Lake Washington Ship Canal and the Mills of Salmon Bay, created in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of…

Moving history strikes back – an archival screening night at Northwest Film Forum

Join us! On Thursday, June 22, the King County Archives will be participating in “Moving History Strikes Back!”—an archival screening night at Seattle’s Northwest Film…

Commemorating the Ship Canal Centennial: the Mills of Salmon Bay

Announcing the opening of a joint exhibit from the King County Archives and the Seattle Municipal Archives: The Mills of Salmon Bay and the Lake Washington Ship…

Plans for Civil Defense

The recent tunnel failure at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and the reconsideration of National Monument status for the Hanford Reach are reminders of the legacy of World…

King County Archives receives the AKCHO 2017 Technology Award for its online exhibit, “Responding to AIDS”

The King County Archives was chosen as winner of the Association of King County Heritage Organizations 2017 Technology Award for its online exhibit, Responding to…

100 Years Ago in King County

World War I, Tilling the Soil, Criminal Justice, a Jewel Heist, and Lowering the Lake In this post we look back 100 years, through a small…

Celebrating International Women’s Day: a look back at the King County Women’s Program

Announcing a new online exhibit: The King County Women’s Program: The First Years (1978-1985) Clipping from a south King County newspaper covering the Women’s Program’s “Displaced Homemaker”…