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Friday 16 September 2022, 09:00Passed

Conditions

Free. Booking required. Possibility to pair with a visit and a workshop around the exhibition «Abbayes en Meuse».

Registration

archives@meuse.fr 03 29 79 01 89

September 2022

Friday 16

09:00 - 17:00

Accessible to the motor impaired

7 to 18 years old

Archives départementales de la Meuse

26 rue d'Aulnois, 55000 Bar-le-Duc

Meuse
Grand Est

Look at the Departmental Archives

Name: Look at the Departmental Archives
Start: 2022-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-16T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Archives départementales de la Meuse

Guided by an archivist, discover the contemporary building, the operation of the service and its missions, as well as some «treasures»!

Friday 16 September 2022, 09:00Passed

Conditions

Free. Booking required. Possibility to pair with a visit and a workshop around the exhibition «Abbayes en Meuse».

Registration

archives@meuse.fr 03 29 79 01 89

©Département de la Meuse

Guided by an archivist, discover the contemporary building, the operation of the service and its missions, as well as some «treasures»!

In the context of the theme «sustainable heritage», discover in particular how and why the Meuse Archives preserve the Meuse written heritage.

Types d'événement

Animation pour scolaires / Levez les yeux !

Thème 2022

Patrimoine durable

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit, Sur inscription

About the location

Archives départementales de la Meuse

26 rue d'Aulnois, 55000 Bar-le-Duc

Meuse
Grand Est

The Departmental Archives of the Meuse constitute the memory of the department.
Until the Revolution, the archives were scattered in many places. They were first assembled in eight places for the department in 1790, then only one six years later, in the building then serving as the Prefecture, with about 1000 linear meters of archives. In 1857, faced with the increase in volume, one house, then three, were transformed to house the Departmental Archives. A first dedicated building was erected in place of these houses in 1913\. When it reached saturation, it was replaced in 1968 by a much larger one located a few hundred meters away by Jean Fayeton, a great architect and engineer. This building is more suited to consulting the fund.
However, over the years, this building has become too narrow, blocked in a very complex site. Fire safety was not assured and its extension was almost impossible.
In 1992, the project for a new building was approved. Ten years later, a competition was launche