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

On April 14, 2023, within the framework of the «Archives for School» campaign, the institution «The State Archives of the Grodno Region» held a lesson for 9th grade students of the State Educational Institution «Gymnasium No.3 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 exhibition «There was a people’s war. Partisans and underground fighters of the Grodno region», «Human fates. In memory of the victims of fascism», as well as collections of documents and materials prepared with the participation of the State Archives of the Grodno Region.

The students visited the laboratory for the restoration, repair and binding of documents. The laboratory staff demonstrated the process of restoring old and damaged documents, and also showed the children the special equipment used to digitize documents.