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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Mining the Archives: Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Friday, July 25, 2025
11:00 AM ET
Offsite Program
$40 General / $35 Members
SOLD OUT
Including over 5,400 linear feet of material, the New York Transit Museum’s archive holds innumerable stories waiting to be told. In the series, Mining the Archives, join Museum staff to uncover transit history.
The Gabrielle Shubert Research Center is one of two archival repositories that house some of the Museum’s hundreds of thousands of photographs, drawings, and blueprints, as well as more than 15,000 artifacts. These holdings explore the ever-evolving technology, design, and ridership of a system that runs 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
On this tour, learn how Museum archivists preserve objects and process archival materials, and get a close-up look at items from the Museum’s extensive collections.
Members enjoy early access! Tickets go on sale to Museum members on Tuesday, June 10th at 10am ET. Remaining tickets go on sale to the public Thursday, June 12th at 10am ET.
$40 – General Public / $35 – Museum Members
SOLD OUT
Tours run rain or shine.
Children ages 15 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Photography and video recording are permitted. However, tripods, stands, selfie sticks, and external lights may not be used. All photographs taken are for personal use only and permission to photograph may be revoked at any time.
Accessibility: For information on American Sign Language interpreters, Assistive Listening Devices, or other accessibility matters, please visit nytransitmuseum.org/accessibility.
All ticket sales are final. Should you be unable to attend the tour on the date you reserved, the full price of unused tickets may be treated as a donation to the Transit Museum and is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. The Museum is not able to reschedule reservations to another tour date.
Questions? Email [email protected].
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