The Gipuzkoa Provincial Council is once again joining International Archives Week by organizing open days at its two historic archives: the General Archive of Gipuzkoa in Tolosa and the Provincial Historical Archive of Gipuzkoa in Oñati.
The Tolosa archive will be open for visits on June 11th and 12th, free of charge and with prior registration. A total of six guided tours will be offered: four on June 11th (at 12:00 PM and 5:30 PM in Basque, and at 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM in Spanish), and two for June 12th (at 10:00 AM in Basque and 12:00 PM in Spanish). These tours will last approximately one and a half hours and will be conducted in groups of at least five and a maximum of fifteen people.
To register, please call 943 41 52 62 between 8:30 AM and 2:30 PM, write to agg-gao@gipuzkoa.eus, or complete the registration form.
International Archives Week, promoted by the International Council on Archives, will take place from June 8th to 12th this year, under the theme Archives for justice: rights, memory, and future. This edition will focus on the fundamental role of archives in defending rights, preserving collective memory, and strengthening democratic societies.
“"Archives, besides being repositories of documents, are also places to understand who we are and how we have arrived here. That is why, she emphasized, opening archives to the public is a way for public memory to belong to everyone, not just to those who know where to look. In times when disinformation spreads easily, archives offer something scarce: documents, dates, facts. That is also a public good."
Through the guided tours, visitors will be able to learn about the daily operations of the archives and explore spaces normally closed to the public, such as document storage areas, workrooms, or restoration laboratories. Additionally, original documents dating from the 15th to the 20th century will be exhibited, with a special focus in Oñati on materials related to justice and rights violations.
