Archival science, or archival studies, is the study and theory of building and curating archives, which are collections of documents, recordings, photographs and various other materials in physical or digital formats.
Various documents curated for readers at the National Archives, UK
Archival boxes at the NASA archives
The earliest archival manuals: Jacob von Rammingen, Von der Registratur (1571), Baldassarre Bonifacio, De Archivis (1632)
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Shelved record boxes of an archive
Reading room of the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv (Austrian State Archive), in the Erdberg district of Vienna (2006)
Charles Sturt University Regional Archives
Storage facility at the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.