International Archives Week 2026

This year’s IAW theme is ‘Archives for Justice’

International Archives Week is a global event spearheaded by the International Council on Archives (ICA) and organised around the world by local archivists and archives associations.

This year’s theme is Archives for Justice: Rights, Memories and Futures. The week-long celebration is an important opportunity to reflect on the role archives play in accountability, memory, inclusion, and long-term justice, across institutions, communities, and generations. 

The ICA organised a number of seminar sessions this week, with speakers exploring topics such as: archives as evidence, safe havens for archives at risk, archives for inclusion, archives for accessibility, archives for memory, and archives and colonial legacies.

International Archives Day event in Hong Kong on 6 June 2026

History Ink’s postcard: ‘harness the power of history’

In Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Archives Society hosted their own event on Saturday 6 June on the topic of the ‘Art of Archiving’, which drew large crowds including archivists, researchers, and members of the public. The event was a great success, and we were delighted to distribute our History Ink postcard designed by Jeanne Mah and which perfectly captures our take on archives - a place not only to preserve, but also share history - a repository of evidence, knowledge and shared identity.