What does an archivist do?


Archives work in an archive.
Archivists too.
Your work is very important.

The archivists and archivists
sorting the papers.
And the other important things.
Then you can find them better.

The archivists and archivists
decide:
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That's important.
Let's cancel it.
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This is not important.
We'll throw that away.

Often come Visitors
to the archive.
You're looking for information.
For example, to her family.
Or her town.

The archivists and archivists
Help with them.
And bring the information.
You know
very good in the archive.
You know exactly where it is.
Knowing about history
Archivists and archivists a lot.

Sometimes they do Exhibitions.
For example, about a certain person.
Visitors can look at the exhibitions.
And learn a lot.
Sometimes archivists and archivists
also Guided tours.
Guided tours teach you a lot.

Maybe you have
Want a tour.
There are guided tours
in all State archives.
Learn more about guided tours
in this text:
This is a text from:
Generaldirektion der staatlichen Archive Bayerns
Schönfeldstraße 5
80539 München
The text in light language has made:
Andrea Halbritter
The text in light language has tested:
Maik Frühling
The drawings are of:
Maxime Ferré

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