National Digital Archives
National archives of Poland
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National Digital Archives (Polish: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe, NAC) are the national archives of Poland, collecting and digitising audiovisual materials.[2]
| Polish: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe | |
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| Formed | 8 March 2008 |
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| Website | www |
National Digital Archives are one of three central State Archives (Archiwa Państwowe), other two being Central Archives of Historical Records, and the Archives of Modern Records.[3] National Digital Archives were established on 28 March 2008 by transforming the Archives of Audiovisual Records (Archiwum Dokumentacji Mechanicznej 'Mechanical Documentation Archives') created in 1955.[4][5]
Collection
National Digital Archives' collection include:[6]
- over 15 million photographs took since 1940s;
- over 40 thousand of sound recordings recorded between 1889 and 2008;
- about 2.4 thousand of motion picture recordings made between 1928 and 1993;
which are all divided into 159 groups.[7] Whole collection is available for the public through the Archives' reading room, while digitalised records are made accessible through a website Szukaj w Archiwach 'Search in Archives' (www