PANYC Annual Public Program
2026 PANYC Public Program
Unearthing New York: Marking 60 Years of Archaeological Discovery
The 2026 public program will be held on Saturday, November 14, at 3:00pm, at the South Street Seaport Museum's A.A. Thomson & Co. Warehouse, 213 Water Street, NY, NY.
PANYC will host a panel discussion celebrating 60 years of archaeology and historic preservation under the National Historic Preservation Act and Section 106, the local laws they inspired, and discuss ongoing work and current threats to the future of archaeology and historic preservation.
The event is free. For further information and to register:
https://southstreetseaportmuseum.org/unearthing-ny/
PANYC has for over four decades presented an annual Public Program where professional archaeologists discuss the results of their work in New York City. The Program was historically co-sponsored by the Museum of the City of New York, where the program had been held every spring from the first event in 1981 until 2018. PANYC has recently collaborated with the South Street Seaport Museum to continue to hold this popular event.
Below you will find the title of each year's program. Click the date to see that year's program handout containing information on the presentations.
1981 Symposium on the Archaeology of New York City - various topics
1982 Searching Beneath our City's Streets
1983 No title - various topics
1984 No title - various topics
1985 Archaeology Above and Below the Ground
1986 No title - various topics
1987 (a) Archaeology Around the Town: Updates on Work Done Throughout the City and
(b) Looking at the Evidence: Documents, Shell Middens, Piers and Gravestones
1988 Urban Archaeology: From Abstract to Concrete
1989
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1990 Maritime New York
1991 Neighborhood Archaeology in the City of New York
1992 Hidden Beneath Our Feet
1993 New York in the Years Before the American Revolution: Archaeological Views
of a Diverse People
1994 Trades and Markets of Historic New York
1995 Real Estate: The Archaeology of New York Landscapes and Land Use
1996
1997 Reclaiming Vanished Voices: Excavating 19th Century New York
1998
1999 Historic Places/Public Spaces: The Archaeology of New York's Historic Sites
2000 Rediscovering the Past: the Little and Big Picture
2001 Ordinary People's Trash: Profiles of Five New Yorkers
2002 The Evolution of a Port: The Archaeology of NY Harbor
2003 Archaeology as Historic Preservation: How archaeology can contribute
to the preservation of America's history
2004 Landscape of Memory: Cemetery Archaeology in New York and New Jersey
2005 Lives of the Rich, the Poor and the Famous: Glimpses of the 17th and 18th C.
Manhattan from Records, Letters and Trash
2006 Public Improvement Projects: Does Archaeology Delay Progress? The Real Story
2007 Made in New York: The Archaeology of New York City's Industrial Past
2008 Colonial Waterfront development in and Around Battery Park: Excavations
for the New South ferry Subway Terminal
2009 Greenwich Village: Indians, Backyards and Burial Grounds
2010 Portals to the Past: Archaeology at New York City's Historic Houses
2011 The History and Archaeology of the Commons: New York City's City Hall Park
2012 The History and Archaeology of the World Trade Center Ship
2013 Re-Discover the Seaport: Archaeology within the South Street Seaport
Historic District
2014 New York City Archaeology Then and Now: Continuing Stories from the
Underground
2015 Shovels, Trowels and More: Celebrating 35 Years of Professional Archaeologist
of New York City
2016 Digging the Moment: Reports from the Field
2017 Keeping up with Times: Technology and Archaeology
2018 New York at Its Core: The Archaeology
2019 Uncovering the Lost Lives of Workers: The Archaeology of Labor
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19