Welcome to the Leon Levy BAM Digital Archive, the online archival database for America’s oldest performing arts center. The Digital Archive represents a comprehensive selection of the unique archival holdings of the BAM Hamm Archives. Here you’ll be able to browse an array of objects including programs, photographs, videos, posters, scrapbooks, promotional materials, and administrative records.

Whether you are interested in researching records relating to BAM’s 19th century programming, documentation of the BAM appearances of the most iconic performing artists of the last century, or whether you’re interested in knowing more about BAM’s contribution to Brooklyn history, you’ve come to the right place.

The BAM Hamm Archives was founded with the mission of documenting BAM’s 150+ year history. Serving BAM staff, journalists, academic researchers, and other writers and artists, the Archives is a resource for anyone interested in BAM’s legacy as Brooklyn’s premiere cultural institution.