diff --git a/lib/code_corps/model/task.ex b/lib/code_corps/model/task.ex
index 43716a261..2163605ee 100644
--- a/lib/code_corps/model/task.ex
+++ b/lib/code_corps/model/task.ex
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ defmodule CodeCorps.Task do
   @type t :: %__MODULE__{}
 
   schema "tasks" do
+    field :archived, :boolean, default: false
     field :body, :string
     field :closed_at, :utc_datetime
     field :created_at, :utc_datetime
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ defmodule CodeCorps.Task do
   def update_changeset(struct, params) do
     struct
     |> changeset(params)
-    |> cast(params, [:status])
+    |> cast(params, [:archived, :status])
     |> validate_inclusion(:status, statuses())
     |> set_closed_at()
     |> update_modified_at()
diff --git a/lib/code_corps_web/views/task_view.ex b/lib/code_corps_web/views/task_view.ex
index 812d62ec5..348e956b2 100644
--- a/lib/code_corps_web/views/task_view.ex
+++ b/lib/code_corps_web/views/task_view.ex
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ defmodule CodeCorpsWeb.TaskView do
   use JaSerializer.PhoenixView
 
   attributes [
-    :body, :created_at, :created_from, :inserted_at, :markdown, :modified_at,
-    :modified_from, :number, :order, :status, :title, :updated_at
+    :archived, :body, :created_at, :created_from, :inserted_at, :markdown,
+    :modified_at, :modified_from, :number, :order, :status, :title, :updated_at
   ]
 
   has_one :github_repo, serializer: CodeCorpsWeb.GithubRepoView
diff --git a/priv/repo/migrations/20171006063358_add_archived_to_tasks.exs b/priv/repo/migrations/20171006063358_add_archived_to_tasks.exs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1fa7a40ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/repo/migrations/20171006063358_add_archived_to_tasks.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+defmodule CodeCorps.Repo.Migrations.AddArchivedToTasks do
+  use Ecto.Migration
+
+  def change do
+    alter table(:tasks) do
+      add :archived, :boolean, null: false, default: false
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/priv/repo/structure.sql b/priv/repo/structure.sql
index 9a8ded529..8e07f53e6 100644
--- a/priv/repo/structure.sql
+++ b/priv/repo/structure.sql
@@ -1376,7 +1376,8 @@ CREATE TABLE tasks (
     created_at timestamp without time zone,
     modified_at timestamp without time zone,
     created_from character varying(255) DEFAULT 'code_corps'::character varying,
-    modified_from character varying(255) DEFAULT 'code_corps'::character varying
+    modified_from character varying(255) DEFAULT 'code_corps'::character varying,
+    archived boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL
 );
 
 
@@ -3051,5 +3052,5 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY user_tasks
 -- PostgreSQL database dump complete
 --
 
-INSERT INTO "schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20160723215749), (20160804000000), (20160804001111), (20160805132301), (20160805203929), (20160808143454), (20160809214736), (20160810124357), (20160815125009), (20160815143002), (20160816020347), (20160816034021), (20160817220118), (20160818000944), (20160818132546), (20160820113856), (20160820164905), (20160822002438), (20160822004056), (20160822011624), (20160822020401), (20160822044612), (20160830081224), (20160830224802), (20160911233738), (20160912002705), (20160912145957), (20160918003206), (20160928232404), (20161003185918), (20161019090945), (20161019110737), (20161020144622), (20161021131026), (20161031001615), (20161121005339), (20161121014050), (20161121043941), (20161121045709), (20161122015942), (20161123081114), (20161123150943), (20161124085742), (20161125200620), (20161126045705), (20161127054559), (20161205024856), (20161207112519), (20161209192504), (20161212005641), (20161214005935), (20161215052051), (20161216051447), (20161218005913), (20161219160401), (20161219163909), (20161220141753), (20161221085759), (20161226213600), (20161231063614), (20170102130055), (20170102181053), (20170104113708), (20170104212623), (20170104235423), (20170106013143), (20170115035159), (20170115230549), (20170121014100), (20170131234029), (20170201014901), (20170201025454), (20170201035458), (20170201183258), (20170220032224), (20170224233516), (20170226050552), (20170228085250), (20170308214128), (20170308220713), (20170308222552), (20170313130611), (20170318032449), (20170318082740), (20170324194827), (20170424215355), (20170501225441), (20170505224222), (20170526095401), (20170602000208), (20170622205732), (20170626231059), (20170628092119), (20170628213609), (20170629183404), (20170630140136), (20170706132431), (20170707213648), (20170711122252), (20170717092127), (20170725060612), (20170727052644), (20170731130121), (20170814131722), (20170913114958), (20170921014405), (20170925214512), (20170925230419), (20170926134646), (20170927100300), (20170928234412), (20171003134956), (20171003225853), (20171006161407);
+INSERT INTO "schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20160723215749), (20160804000000), (20160804001111), (20160805132301), (20160805203929), (20160808143454), (20160809214736), (20160810124357), (20160815125009), (20160815143002), (20160816020347), (20160816034021), (20160817220118), (20160818000944), (20160818132546), (20160820113856), (20160820164905), (20160822002438), (20160822004056), (20160822011624), (20160822020401), (20160822044612), (20160830081224), (20160830224802), (20160911233738), (20160912002705), (20160912145957), (20160918003206), (20160928232404), (20161003185918), (20161019090945), (20161019110737), (20161020144622), (20161021131026), (20161031001615), (20161121005339), (20161121014050), (20161121043941), (20161121045709), (20161122015942), (20161123081114), (20161123150943), (20161124085742), (20161125200620), (20161126045705), (20161127054559), (20161205024856), (20161207112519), (20161209192504), (20161212005641), (20161214005935), (20161215052051), (20161216051447), (20161218005913), (20161219160401), (20161219163909), (20161220141753), (20161221085759), (20161226213600), (20161231063614), (20170102130055), (20170102181053), (20170104113708), (20170104212623), (20170104235423), (20170106013143), (20170115035159), (20170115230549), (20170121014100), (20170131234029), (20170201014901), (20170201025454), (20170201035458), (20170201183258), (20170220032224), (20170224233516), (20170226050552), (20170228085250), (20170308214128), (20170308220713), (20170308222552), (20170313130611), (20170318032449), (20170318082740), (20170324194827), (20170424215355), (20170501225441), (20170505224222), (20170526095401), (20170602000208), (20170622205732), (20170626231059), (20170628092119), (20170628213609), (20170629183404), (20170630140136), (20170706132431), (20170707213648), (20170711122252), (20170717092127), (20170725060612), (20170727052644), (20170731130121), (20170814131722), (20170913114958), (20170921014405), (20170925214512), (20170925230419), (20170926134646), (20170927100300), (20170928234412), (20171003134956), (20171003225853), (20171006063358), (20171006161407);
 
diff --git a/test/lib/code_corps/model/task_test.exs b/test/lib/code_corps/model/task_test.exs
index 5677bd38a..0a62736d5 100644
--- a/test/lib/code_corps/model/task_test.exs
+++ b/test/lib/code_corps/model/task_test.exs
@@ -70,5 +70,13 @@ defmodule CodeCorps.TaskTest do
       assert changeset.valid?
       refute closed_at
     end
+
+    test "archived field changes appropriately" do
+      changes = Map.put(@valid_attrs, :archived, true)
+      changeset = Task.update_changeset(%Task{task_list_id: 1}, changes)
+      %{archived: archived} = changeset.changes
+      assert changeset.valid?
+      assert archived
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/lib/code_corps_web/views/task_view_test.exs b/test/lib/code_corps_web/views/task_view_test.exs
index 57a5749e2..c40ab1759 100644
--- a/test/lib/code_corps_web/views/task_view_test.exs
+++ b/test/lib/code_corps_web/views/task_view_test.exs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ defmodule CodeCorpsWeb.TaskViewTest do
     expected_json = %{
       "data" => %{
         "attributes" => %{
+          "archived" => task.archived,
           "body" => task.body,
           "created-at" => task.created_at,
           "created-from" => task.created_from,
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ defmodule CodeCorpsWeb.TaskViewTest do
           "order" => task.order,
           "status" => task.status,
           "title" => task.title,
-          "updated-at" => task.updated_at,
+          "updated-at" => task.updated_at
         },
         "id" => task.id |> Integer.to_string,
         "relationships" => %{