National Digital Archives

National Digital Archives

Polish: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
Archives overview
Formed	8 March 2008
Archives executive	Piotr Zawilski [1]
Website	www.nac.gov.pl

National Digital Archives (Polish : Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe, NAC) are the national archives of Poland, collecting and digitising audiovisual materials. ^[2]

National Digital Archives are one of three central State Archives (Archiwa Państwowe), other two being Central Archives of Historical Records and Archives of Modern Records  [ pl ]. ^[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.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl ) run by the NAC. ^{[8] [9]}

See also

• Central Archives of Historical Records

References

1. "Dyrekcja | NAC". nac.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
2. "O nas | NAC". nac.gov.pl. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
3. "Archiwa Państwowe – Archiwa Państwowe". archiwa.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
4. Replewicz, Maciej (8 March 2023). "Dyrektor Narodowego Archiwum Cyfrowego: w naszych zbiorach jest dziesięć milionów zdjęć". pap.pl. Polish Press Agency . Retrieved 26 January 2024.
5. "History of the Institution | NAC". nac.gov.pl. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
6. "Zasób | NAC". nac.gov.pl. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
7. "Spis zespołów | NAC". nac.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
8. "Udostępnianie | NAC". nac.gov.pl. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
9. "Zawartość - Szukaj w Archiwach". szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl. Retrieved 26 January 2024.

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