Seals in time

Name: Des Sceaux dans le temps
Start: 2022-09-17T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T11:30:00+02:00
Location: Archives et Bibliothèque départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône

Discovery of the sigillography, or study of the seals, through the documents preserved in the Departmental Archives and realization of his own plaster seal (visit and workshop young public).

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

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archives13@departement13.fr

Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône

The Departmental Archives of the Bouches-du-Rhône store various documents that trace the local history, past and present. Among these documents, some are accompanied by seals, these imprints of symbolic images used as signatures. On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, the mediators of the Archives let you discover the sigillography or study of the seals. During the visit of the reserves, children and their parents will be able to discover original documents related to the theme. During the workshop, they will be able to make their own plaster seal.
Visits and workshops for children from 7 years old accompanied by an adult (limited number of places, reservation required by email at archives13@departement13.fr). Additional information on 04 13 31 82 52.

À propos du lieu

Archives et Bibliothèque départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône

18-20 rue Mirès 13003 Marseille

Bouches-du-Rhône
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

The Departmental Archives of the Bouches-du-Rhône, the collective memory of the department:
Created during the French Revolution and placed today under the double supervision of the State and the Department, the Departmental Archives were installed in 2006 in the heart of the Euroméditerranée perimeter, in the new building of the Departmental Archives and Library (ABD Gaston Defferre) built by the Marseille architectural firm Vezzoni-Laporte. A huge hull called the pebble houses the written memory of the department and its inhabitants, more than 65 linear kilometres of documents of which the oldest dates back to the year 814\. Charters of the Middle Ages, registers of notaries, cadastral maps, administrative documents, maps, posters, letters, photographs, cd-rom are kept and communicated to the public in the reading room. The valorisation of the archives is proposed to all through a dynamic program of exhibitions, live shows, meetings, visits-workshops and via a website where is availa