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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.
Archival science
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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
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…is called an archivist. The study and practice of organizing, preserving, and providing access to information and materials in archives is called archival science. The physical place of storage can be referred to as an archive (more usual in the United Kingdom), an archives (more usual in the United States), or…
Various documents curated for readers at the National Archives, UK
File of documents, year 1542
Archival boxes at the NASA archives
The earliest archival manuals: Jacob von Rammingen, Von der Registratur (1571), and Baldassarre Bonifacio, De Archivis (1632)