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King County Archives 2025 Wrapped: Zine-Making at Washington Hall 

Zine-Making at Washington Hall for American Archives Month.

Celebrate Archives! Photo-ops for Puerto Rico, local activism, and moving history

If you are near downtown Seattle between 9am and 4pm on Wednesday, October 25, be sure to stop in the lobby of the Chinook Building…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Knute Berger on journalism and history

Knute Berger at the Nordic Heritage Museum, AKCHO Annual Meeting, January 31, 2017. Photo by Teresa Anderson.   At the annual meeting of the Association…

Join us at the Northwest Film Forum’s second Archival Screening Night!

The King County Archives is delighted to be participating in a screening of clips from local archives and cultural organizations at the Northwest Film Forum, located in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.  The event is being held in honor of Archives Month and promises to be a treat.   The King County Archives is contributing a […]

A little sweetness

In 1975, King County Police officers made presentations on Halloween safety at 38 elementary schools, reaching approximately 20,000 students. Volunteers from Girl Scout Troop #421,…

Come see us at the Northwest Film Forum’s Archival Screening Night!

The King County Archives is delighted to be participating in a screening of clips from local archives and cultural organizations at the Northwest Film Forum,…