About the Archives

Hours
The Archives are open Monday through Friday, 9am to 4pm .
The department is closed weekends and holidays.
Drop-in visitors are welcome, but researchers may want to call in advance to confirm that someone will be available at the time they wish to visit.

Location
Located at the NYU Medical Center in Midtown Manhattan, the Archives are in the Medical Science Building on the mezzanine level of the library, across from the Medical Library Administration office.

Directions
Note: All visitors to the NYU Medical Center must show a photo ID upon entering the facility.
Do not ask for directions to the library, you will be sent downstairs. Follow the directions below.

By train:
The 6 subway train stops at 33 rd Street and Park Avenue . Walk east to First Avenue.
The main entrance for the Medical Center is at 550 First Avenue.

By bus:
The M15 bus travels north on First Avenue , and south on Second Avenue.
There is a stop on First Avenue directly in front of the Medical Center ’s main entrance.

By car:
Located at 550 1 st Avenue, between 30th and 33rd Streets, the Medical Center has a parking garage for visitors.

After passing security, veer slightly to the right but keep walking east. You'll pass a coffee stand and eventually two display cases. Continue walking until you end up in a wood-paneled elevator lobby lined with portraits of the founders of the School of Medicine. Go through the double glass doors, and proceed down the hall. The door to the Archives is in a hallway on the right side of the corridor, just before a second set of glass doors to the Joan and Joel Smilow Research Center. The Archives is the first door on the right in the hallway.

Using the Archives and Special Collections
Many requests can be answered with a phone call, fax or email and would not require an in-person visit. A phone call prior to visiting will ensure that someone will be available to help you when you arrive, and give the archivist an opportunity to determine if material relevant to your research is available and adequate for a visit.

Many of our items are rare and fragile and to preserve them we have a few rules regarding their use.

• All researchers must leave a photo ID with the Archives staff while using materials.
• Materials may only be photocopied by a staff member. We reserve the right to refuse to copy something if we feel it will damage the item in any way, or if it will violate U.S. Copyright Law.
• Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the Archives & Special Collections must be applied for separately.

Fees and Permissions

Photo Reproductions
Reproduction of still images is either by print or digital scan. Scans, provided on a CD, can be either TIFF or JPEG format, please specify in advance. See our Fee Schedule for commercial use costs. In addition to the commercial use fees, there is a $10 per image fee for scanning. Cost for a print is subject to the current price schedule of the Digital Media Services Office. There is a $5 postage and handling fee for mailing either prints or a CD.

Photocopies
Black & white photocopies are $.20/page.
Color copies are $2/page.
Postage & Handling for mailing photocopies: $5.
Fax fee in addition to copy fee: No fax fee for up to nine pages.  10+ pages - $1/page. Copy fee still applies.

Scans of Documents to CD (PDF)
Per document page - $10
Postage & Handling (includes CD): $5