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A grand, ornate library with tall wooden bookshelves, globes, and intricate decorations.

Cultural Preservation

Cultural Preservation

People often ask me: what is cultural preservation? For me, it’s about far more than saving objects behind glass.

Cultural Preservation
A stone arch frames a street scene with buildings, cars, and people.

Historic Preservation

Historic Preservation Guide

Last year, as I stood in front of a weather-worn stone archway in southern Europe, I felt something unusual: a mix of awe and sadness.

Historic Preservation Guide
A person wearing a white hard hat with a headlamp and a dark jacket is bent over a long table, meticulously arranging or inspecting numerous rectangular, flat items. Their hands are gloved. In the background, another person with a headlamp is visible in what appears to be a dark, cavernous space. Above them, a glowing white sign reads

Luxury Heritage

Craftsmanship Storytelling

Luxury and crafts companies often face the similar challenge how to make their brand stand out in a world saturated with content, while staying true to values like authenticity, craftsmanship, and sustainability?

Craftsmanship Storytelling
A close-up shot of several fashion design sketches taped to a white surface. In the foreground, two figures are prominently featured. The figure on the left wears a white jacket with dark lapels and sunglasses. The figure on the right is dressed in a red outfit with a yellow banana design on the shoulder and also wears sunglasses. Other partially visible sketches show more fashion figures in various poses and outfits. The style is illustrative with visible watercolor and pen strokes.

Luxury Heritage

Luxury Brand Heritage

How luxury brands can safeguard their archives against digitisation gaps, obsolescence, disasters, and cyber threats—with AWA as the immutable last layer.

Luxury Brand Heritage
People standing in front of the entrance to the Arctic World Archive.

Deposit Recap

2024 Deposit

From manuscripts to endangered languages, 2024 has been inspiring. We welcome new participation in securing the future of human knowledge.

2024 Deposit
AWA Team member closing the data container doors.

Why choose AWA?

Data in the Permafrost

Discover the top 10 reasons why you should consider storing your valuable data off-grid in the Arctic permafrost.

Data in the Permafrost
New Irreplaceable Data in the Arctic World Archive

Press release

New Irreplaceable Data in the Arctic World Archive

Svalbard, the remote archipelago in the Arctic Circle, was the site of a momentous event when the Arctic World Archive...

Press release
Invitation – Deposit June 29th 2023

Arctic World Archive

Invitation – Deposit June 29th 2023

We welcome you to deposit your most valuable data and contribute to safeguard our world memory \ AWA is for cultural heritage,...

Arctic World Archive
Amazing new treasures in AWA

Arctic World Archive

Amazing new treasures in AWA

# Amazing new treasures in AWA The third deposit in AWA this year took place on September 15th, with representatives from...

Arctic World Archive
Digital art and NFTs deposited for eternity in the Arctic World Archive

TopDog Studios

Digital art and NFTs deposited for eternity in the Arctic World Archive

As new technological platforms like the metaverse start to emerge, it can be difficult to understand how to protect ownership...

TopDog Studios
Digital Svalbard money to be stored for eternity in the Arctic World Archive

SpareBank 1

Digital Svalbard money to be stored for eternity in the Arctic World Archive

Svalbard has a unique history of producing local money. Throughout much of the 20th century, American, British, Norwegian, Soviet and...

SpareBank 1
AWA welcomes some of the earliest surviving Hindu paintings

Sapio Analytics

AWA welcomes some of the earliest surviving Hindu paintings

# AWA welcomes some of the earliest surviving Hindu paintings After the initiation of preservation of paintings on the Ajanta Caves,...

Sapio Analytics
Durga Saptashati Manuscripts preserved for eternity

Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA)

Durga Saptashati Manuscripts preserved for eternity

Representing a core pillar of the Hindu culture and faith, these precious religious texts describing the Goddess as the supreme...

Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA)
AWA welcomes more Norwegian cultural heritage

Multiple Institutions

AWA welcomes more Norwegian cultural heritage

# AWA welcomes more Norwegian cultural heritage Defense and Natural history, digital art and corporate stories are among the latest Norwegian...

Multiple Institutions
AWA welcomes first Malaysian deposit

Artemis Art

AWA welcomes first Malaysian deposit

# AWA welcomes first Malaysian deposit The Arctic World Archive is proud to welcome the first Malaysian deposit which joins the...

Artemis Art
Data from around the world now preserved for 1000 years

Multiple Institutions

Data from around the world now preserved for 1000 years

# Data from around the world now preserved for 1000 years The Arctic World Archive, a secure vault of world memory...

Multiple Institutions
AWA welcomes Nobel Prize winner Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska

AWA welcomes Nobel Prize winner Wisława Szymborska

# AWA welcomes Nobel Prize winner Wisława Szymborska The Arctic World Archive (AWA) has now officially welcomed the work of Nobel...

Wisława Szymborska
AWA welcomes first deposit from Kazakhtstan

Embassy of Kazakhstan in Norway

AWA welcomes first deposit from Kazakhtstan

# AWA welcomes first deposit from Kazakhtstan The Arctic World Archive (AWA) has today welcomed the constitution of Kazakhstan to its...

Embassy of Kazakhstan in Norway
More treasures for the Arctic World Archive

Multiple Institutions

More treasures for the Arctic World Archive

On the remote arctic island of Svalbard, a diverse group of people gathered with a shared purpose: to ensure survival...

Multiple Institutions
Nobel Prize laureate stores life’s work in AWA

Olga Tokarczuk Foundation

Nobel Prize laureate stores life’s work in AWA

Coinciding with the Nobel Peace Prize announcement for 2020, Piql is thrilled to announce the first Arctic World Archive (AWA)...

Olga Tokarczuk Foundation
GitHub open source code now stored forever

GitHub

GitHub open source code now stored forever

We are thrilled to announce that we have now received GitHub’s deposit of its public repositories. On 8 July, 186 reels...

GitHub
UNICEF deposits Child Convention in AWA

UNICEF

UNICEF deposits Child Convention in AWA

To celebrate World Children’s Day and 30-year anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights...

UNICEF
Piql supports GitHub with perpetual data storage

GitHub

Piql supports GitHub with perpetual data storage

Piql supports GitHub with perpetual data storage The announcement came during GitHub’s Universe conference in San Francisco, where the company announced...

GitHub
A new initiative to experience Arctic preservation

Arctic World Archive

A new initiative to experience Arctic preservation

# New initiative to experience Arctic preservation Announcing a new initiative to experience Arctic preservation ## The Arc Piql is excited to contribute...

Arctic World Archive
Arctic World Archive receives more world treasures

Multiple Institutions

Arctic World Archive receives more world treasures

# Arctic World Archive receives more world treasures Institutions and companies from around the world have gathered in Svalbard to deposit...

Multiple Institutions
Public’s top 10 to be stored in the Arctic World Archive

Multiple Institutions

Public’s top 10 to be stored in the Arctic World Archive

Public’s top 10 to be stored in the Arctic World Archive The Arctic World Archive will become home to 10 more...

Multiple Institutions

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