Arctic World Archive
Fragile by Nature
Like some of the readers of this article, I work in cultural preservation. So... most of my days are spent thinking about what should last and how it actually survives over time.
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Multiple Institutions
Largest deposit on Svalbard
On 28 February 2026, the Arctic World Archive (AWA) carried out its latest global deposit deep inside the Arctic vault located in Svalbard.
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Art
Best ways to protect digital art
Digital art is increasingly recognized as a vital part of contemporary cultural heritage, spanning digital illustrations, photography, and time-based media such as video artworks and multimedia creations.
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Archiving solutions
Cultural memory, should we remember — or forget?
Should societies remember everything? An exploration of cultural memory, memorials, forgetting, and the responsibility of preserving meaning over time.
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Archiving solutions
Business legacy as a strategic corporate asset
Business legacy strengthens trust, culture, and continuity when preserved for centuries with the right archival strategy.
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Archiving solutions
What is UNESCO “Memory of the World”?
UNESCO Memory of the World protects documentary heritage of global importance. Discover how the Memory of the World works.
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Arctic World Archive
How climate change threatens monument preservation
Monument preservation has always been a race against time. For centuries, historical monuments have faced threats such as wars, urbanization, pollution, and neglect.
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Arctic World Archive
How to preserve newspapers from fading away
Walk into any archive, library, or local heritage center, and you will likely find them, newspapers carefully stored in boxes, bound volumes resting on shelves, pages already yellowed, sometimes brittle, often fragile.
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Arctic World Archive
How tech can help preserve culture
And every day I read articles or watch videos of experts and technicians pretending that ns pretending that “tech will save culture!”
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Arctic World Archive
What “forever” really means in data storage?
Discover what “forever” really means in long term data storage—and how choosing the right medium can preserve humanity’s memory for centuries.
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Arctic World Archive
How endangered languages can be preserved?
Discover how endangered languages can be preserved using new technologies — and how AWA leads the way in safeguarding humanity’s linguistic heritage.
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Arctic World Archive
A new and exciting chapter
The Arctic World Archive (AWA) has entered a new and exciting chapter in its history.
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Cultural heritage
Saving intangible cultural heritage?
What happens to a culture when its songs are no longer sung, its rituals no longer enacted, its stories no longer passed on?
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Archiving solutions
Ethics and dilemmas of art preservation
Every act of preservation carries a moral weight. Art preservation is the delicate act of deciding which moments of human emotion will outlast us.
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Archiving solutions
How to preserve cultural heritage for future generations?
Heritage tells us who we were, who we are, and sometimes, who we could become. When part of it is lost or destroyed, a piece of our collective memory disappears with it.
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Archiving solutions
Why offline data storage matters for archives
The volume of digital information grows at an unprecedented pace, yet archives face the challenge of ensuring it remains safe and accessible for centuries.
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Archiving solutions
Top 5 data archiving solutions in 2026
Every day, I speak with archivists, librarians, IT managers, and cultural leaders who share the same challenge; how can we ensure that the knowledge we create today is still accessible in 5, 10, 25 or even 100 years?
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Video game preservation
Video game preservation
When was the last time you thought about an old video game you loved? Maybe it was a classic you played as a kid, or a title that defined your teenage years. Now here’s the scary part; chances are, you couldn’t play it today even if you wanted to.
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Cultural Preservation
Cultural Preservation
People often ask me: what is cultural preservation? For me, it’s about far more than saving objects behind glass.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Deposit Recap
2024 Deposit
From manuscripts to endangered languages, 2024 has been inspiring. We welcome new participation in securing the future of human knowledge.
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TopDog Studios
Digital art and NFTs deposited for eternity in the Arctic World Archive
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SpareBank 1
Digital Svalbard money to be stored for eternity in the Arctic World Archive
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Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA)
Durga Saptashati Manuscripts preserved for eternity
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