National Digital Archives

National archives of Poland

Piotr Zawilski^[1]

Websitewww.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 digitilised records are made accessible through a website Szukaj w Archiwach 'Search in Archives' (www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl) run by the NAC.^[8]^[9]

References

^ "Dyrekcja | NAC". nac.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ "O nas | NAC". nac.gov.pl. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ "Archiwa Państwowe – Archiwa Państwowe". archiwa.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ 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.
^ "History of the Institution | NAC". nac.gov.pl. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ "Zasób | NAC". nac.gov.pl. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ "Spis zespołów | NAC". nac.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ "Udostępnianie | NAC". nac.gov.pl. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ "Zawartość - Szukaj w Archiwach". szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl. Retrieved 26 January 2024.