15th Anniversary Celebration Update!

The Gallery of Shorthand is pleased to announce it has rescheduled the 15th Anniversary Celebration for May 15, 2026!

The Gallery has updated the registration process this time around, using a new system to collect registrations. All students will continue to get the student price of $50/ticket, and everyone else will be charged $80/ticket.

To secure your place, please click the link below (or copy and paste it into your browser). You may also scan the QR code. https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/gallery-of-shorthand-celebration

Event Location
The Gallery of Shorthand
Alfonso D’Amato Federal Courthouse
100 Federal Plaza
Central Islip, NY 11722
(631) 456-3453

The Gallery is located approximately 50 miles east of Manhattan.

Travel Information
If driving, please allow additional time, as New York traffic can extend travel time to up to three hours depending on conditions.

If traveling by train, take the LIRR Ronkonkoma Line (Purple) from Penn Station or Grand Central Station to Central Islip. From there, the Gallery is about three miles away, and a taxi or rideshare will be needed. Total travel time by train is typically 1.5 to 2 hours, depending on connections.

There are several hotel options available near the Gallery as well as in Manhattan for those wishing to stay overnight.

We sincerely appreciate your patience and continued support. It would mean so much to celebrate this milestone with you on May 15th.

If you have any questions or would like assistance planning your visit, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Board of Directors | The Gallery of Shorthand

The Evolution of a Timeless Profession

Shorthand: Ever Evolving – Ever Adapting – One of the world’s oldest professions, shorthand traces its ancestry to the Ancient Scribes, for it was the creation of writing that has enabled societies to remember, analyze, and improve upon earlier thought.

The Gallery of Shorthand proudly brings that history to the public. Welcome to the Gallery.

Mission Statement –

The affairs of a society, its organizations and governmental bodies, can be scrutinized only when its discussions are memorialized in an accurate and impartial writing.

This timeless truth led to the creation of written language in 3500 BC. It compelled Julius Caesar in 59 BC to order that the deliberations of the Roman Senate be written. And in 1873, reversing their practice of secret meetings, the United States Senate engaged official reporters to transcribe debates – preserved in The Congressional Record. This same powerful tenet is fulfilled every day in the courtrooms of this building as the Official Reporters of the US District Court capture every word of proceedings for appellate and other review.