Conducting a lesson for 10th grade students as part of the «Archives for School» campaign

April 28, 2023 as part of the “Archives to School” campaign by the State Archive of the Grodno Region for 10th grade students of the State Educational Institution “Secondary School No. 33”
Grodno” a lesson was held on the topic “The role of archives in the preservation of historical heritage”.

Schoolchildren got acquainted with the history of the formation and development of archiving in Belarus, learned about the main activities of an archival institution. The students were presented with the most interesting and unique documents stored in the archive. The staff of the reading room demonstrated collections of 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.