 Highlights include documents from the first Dutch colonial government in New Amsterdam, the most comprehensive collection of records pertaining to the administration of criminal justice in the English-speaking world, two centuries of mayoral papers, the architectural plans for construction of Central Park and the Brooklyn Bridge, and a nationally recognized collection of public education records.The online portal offers 1.6 million images including pictures of every house and building in the city dating from 1940 and 1985.The Municipal Archives presents several exhibits each year.