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The Musée des Archives Nationales (French pronunciation: [myze dez‿aʁʃiv nɑsjɔnal]), formerly known as the Musée de l'Histoire de France (pronounced [myze d(ə) listwaʁ də fʁɑ̃s] ⓘ), is a state museum of French history operated by the Archives Nationales. The museum features exhibitions drawn from the collections of the ...
The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives holds approximately 300,000 volumes [1] and over 3,000 linear feet of archives related to the history of the museum and its collections. The library collections comprise books, periodicals, auction catalogs, artist and institutional files as well as special collections containing photographs, sketches ...
Interior view of Musée d'Orsay (Orsay museum) in Paris. GLAM is an acronym for galleries, libraries, archives, and museums, [1] [2] and refers to cultural institutions with a mission to provide access to knowledge. GLAMs collect and maintain cultural heritage materials in the public interest.
The work of the National Archives is dedicated to two main functions: public engagement and federal records and information management. The National Archives administers fifteen Presidential Libraries and Museums, a museum in Washington, D.C., that displays the Charters of Freedom, and fifteen research facilities across the country. [12]
The Leather Archives & Museum (LA&M) is a community archives, library, and museum located in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.Founded by Chuck Renslow and Tony DeBlase in 1991, its mission is making “leather, kink, BDSM, and fetish accessible through research, preservation, education and community engagement."
The presidential library system is made up of thirteen presidential libraries operated fully, or partially, by NARA. [n 1] [4] Libraries and museums have been established for earlier presidents, but they are not part of the NARA presidential library system, and are operated by private foundations, historical societies, or state governments, including the James K. Polk, William McKinley ...
Some national archives collections are large, holding millions of items spanning several centuries, while others have been created more recently and have modest collections. Many national archives are effectively dispersed, especially in post-colonial countries, and often have smaller local collections due to cultural imperialism and the theft ...
American Radio Archives; Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection; Archives of American Art; Archives of American Gardens; Archives of American Mathematics; Archives of the History of American Psychology; The Archives of the Languages of the World; Armed Services Technical Information Agency; Arthur F. McClure II Archives and University Museum ...