October is Archives Month, and King County Archives wants to celebrate it with you. We’re offering county staff tours of our beautiful space, including the areas where we store and preserve historically significant county government records.

What is Archives Month? Many people don’t realize that the historical county government records at King County Archives are publicly accessible. Archives Month is a reminder to explore and make use of them.

Why should I sign up for a tour? Because you want to see the cool records that were created by other county employees:

• Oldest marriage record from 1853 one month after the county was founded
• 3-D model of the Kingdome
• Roads Division engineer’s work diary from 1924
• Glass-plate negatives of old roads

What tour days and times are available? We are doing 30-minute tours on Oct. 19, 20, 26, and 27. See the Tour Sign-up Sheet for information about specific times.

I’m interested. How do I sign up? Select a day/time on the Tour Sign-up Sheet and enter your name, department, and email address.

Where do I go? For those of you who haven’t been to the Archives, we are located at 1215 E. Fir Street, Seattle—the building with the graffiti art on it. There’s free parking in our parking lot and additional street parking.

For more information, email County Archivist Hannah Soukup at HSoukup@kingcounty.gov.