Discover the archives of the department and their secrets

Name: Découvrez les archives du département et leurs secrets
Start: 2023-09-17T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Archives départementales de la Marne - Centre de Châlons-en-Champagne

Archivists invite you behind the scenes of their work. During this tour, you will discover archival treasures and understand how their missions help to sustain…

Dimanche 17 septembre 2023, 14h30Passé

Luc Nueffer

The archivists invite you behind the scenes of their work. During this visit, you will discover archival treasures and you will understand how their missions make this heritage live.
Duration: 1h. Departure every 30 min (last departure at 17:30).

À propos du lieu

Archives départementales de la Marne - Centre de Châlons-en-Champagne

23 Rue Carnot, 51000 Châlons-en-Champagne

Marne
Grand Est

The Archives of the Marne are the memory of the department. Service(Department) of the departmental Council(Advise), they keep(preserve) a 32 km collection of documents shelf spaces of archives, dating from the Xth century to our days: charters and parish registers or of registry office(civil status), administrative files(cases) and of legal proceedings, but also private funds, figurative documents (engravings, posters, postcards, photographies...) works and local periodicals, and many others else to discover or to rediscover. The departmental service(department) of archives, created in 1797 in Châlons-sur-Marne, settles down in 1866 in a new building(ship) in front of the Prefecture, specifically conceived(designed) for this mission. It is besides one of the first buildings(ships) built in France to shelter archives! From that time, the building regularly made the object of works, of extension and of renovation. Indeed, the collections of the Archives of the Marne did not cease increasing and it was periodically necessary to find the additional place(square). Certain arrangements(developments) also allowed to improve the work of the archivists, as well as the welcome(reception) of the public.