Excursion to the archives for the little ones

On March 30, 2023, an excursion was held for students of the spring health camp «Solnyshko» of the state educational institution «Basic School No. 12 named after I.E. Alekseev in Polotsk», as part of the «Archives to School» campaign.

Marina Mikhailovna Dichkevich, Head of the Department for the Use and Publication of Documents, began the tour with a story about the history of archives from ancient times and the role of archives. The guide told the students about where the documents come from for storage, about the total number of documents in storage, about the profession of an archivist.

During the tour, the schoolchildren got acquainted with the requirements for the archive, temperature and humidity, sanitary and hygienic regimes, talked about converting documents into electronic format.