Guided tours of the Departmental Archives

Name: Guided tours of the Departmental Archives
Start: 2023-09-17T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Archives départementales des Landes

Go behind the scenes of the building to discover the hidden treasures of the Archives, the missions of the service, the architecture of the site but also how archivists prepare the heritage...

Sunday 17 September 2023, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00Passed

Conditions

Free. On registration. Number of places limited to 15 people per group.

Registration

archives@landes.fr 05 58 85 75 20

©J. Camus/AD40

Go behind the scenes of the building to discover the hidden treasures of the Archives, the missions of the service, the architecture of the site but also how archivists prepare the heritage of tomorrow.
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About the location

Archives départementales des Landes

25 place du 6ème RPIMA, 40000 Mont-de-Marsan

Landes
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The building(ship) of archives was built in 2007 by the architect Nathalie Larradet on the site of the old(former) barracks Grove. Dating the 19th century, she(it) was rehabilitated to become the centre of preservation of archives. A surface of 5113 m ², 17 km of shelving. The glassy facade represents the eight centuries of history(story) of the department.