Conducting a lesson for students as part of the «Archives for School» campaign for 9th grade students

On March 28, 2023, as part of the «Archives to School» campaign, the institution «The State Archive of the Grodno Region» held a lesson for 9th grade students of the State Educational Institution «Secondary School No.7 in Grodno» on the topic «The Role of Archives in Preserving Historical Heritage».

Schoolchildren got acquainted with the history of the formation and development of archives in Belarus, received information about the composition and content of documents stored in the State Archives of the Grodno Region. The students were presented with the most interesting and valuable documents stored in the archive. The staff of the reading room demonstrated collections of archival documents prepared with the participation of the State Archives of the Grodno Region.

In the laboratory for the restoration, binding and repair of documents, students watched the process of restoring paper media. The lesson ended with a sightseeing tour of the archives, during which the schoolchildren were told about the conditions and features of storing documents.