Behind the Archives - school groups

Name: Behind the Archives - school groups
Start: 2022-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-16T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Archives de la Ville et de l'Eurométropole de Strasbourg

During an exclusive guided tour, discover the Archives, its documents and more than a thousand years of Alsatian and Strasbourg history.

Friday 16 September 2022, 09:00, 10:30, 14:00, 15:30Passed

Conditions

Free. Booking required. School groups only.

Registration

educatif.archives@strasourg.eu 03 68 98 51 10

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During an exclusive guided tour, discover the Archives, its documents and more than a thousand years of Alsatian and Strasbourg history.

Led by an archivist, you will follow the progress of the document from its arrival at the Archives to its communication to researchers. You will discover the steps of processing and filing documents, their good preservation and especially examples of remarkable and historical documents (charters, civil status, correspondence, etc.).
This one-hour tour will immerse your class or school group in the heart of the Archives' professions, directly behind the scenes, usually closed to the public.

About the location

Archives de la Ville et de l'Eurométropole de Strasbourg

32 avenue du Rhin, 67076 Strasbourg

Bas-Rhin
Grand Est

The new building(ship) of the local and Community archives, work of the architects Denu and Paradon associated in J. Buffière, is inaugurated in 2004\. He(It) shelters the archives of the City, of Eurometropolis, of Work Notre-Dame, the administrative archives of the civil homes until 1950s, numerous private funds and the exceptional set(group) of photographies on glass plates(patches) especially. The Archives of Strasbourg establish(constitute) the main source(spring) on the history(story) of Strasbourg and also promote documents and techniques of preservation.