Deposited data in 2024

AWA is home to historical manuscripts, literature, music, contemporary art, museum masterpieces, scientific breakthroughs, the writings of Nobel laureates, priceless cultural heritage, irreplaceable memories of indigenous people, the worlds open-source software and much more.

The notes of Fryderyk Chopin

The Fryderyk Chopin Institute

Preserving the Soul & Notes of Chopin’s Music

The Fryderyk Chopin Institute is preserving not only the notes of Chopin’s music but the soul of his creative journey in AWA.

Preserving the Soul & Notes of Chopin’s Music
Paper with Old Norse writing. Thorsteinn1996, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Lingua Aeterna

Preservation of Endangered Languages

Lingua Aeterna is working with the Arctic World Archive to preserve and make accessible the linguistic diversity of today for future generations.

Preservation of Endangered Languages
Foggy Night at San Giovanni e Paolo Venice, November 1977

Eléonore Mongiat

Serge Bassenko

Serge Bassenko was a French artist, thinker and writer always in search of the soul of the human world. His photo collection is now stored in AWA.

Serge Bassenko
The sinking Marshall Islands seen from above, photographed by Christian Clauwers.

Christian Clauwers

Sinking Marshall Islands

Preserving the Marshall Islands’ Climate Change Story in the Arctic World Archive

Sinking Marshall Islands
ARCHIV3 logo on 3D graphic

Bank Pekao S.A.

Art Frozen in Time

Our cultural treasures find double protection in AWA and the eternal blockchain, preserving heritage perfectly captured in professional scans.

Art Frozen in Time

Want to join a deposit on Svalbard?

To visit Svalbard is on many people's bucket list, and we recommend everyone who stores their precious memories in AWA to participate in a deposit ceremony.