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Poznan Archaeological Museum, Poznan (PL) is one of the major and oldest archaeological museums in Poland (established 1857). Today its activities cover Mid-western part of the country (province of Greater Poland or Wielkopolska and neighbouring regions), and for the past 40 years it has also been active in NE Africa (Egypt and Sudan). It holds rich archaeological collections from those areas, together with their related archival material. It also includes a Department of Archaeological Heritage Service which runs Sites & Monuments Record for the area of Middle Western Poland. Since 1986 the Museum has played a pioneer role in introducing computer technologies to Polish archaeology (i.e.: Polish SMR, archaeological museum collections, GIS for archaeological topography). In the AREA VI project, the Musuem will build on its experience with European projects (ArchTerra, ARENA and AREA III) to cooperate in the field of archaeological archives, particularly as for aiding research on the history of archaeology. Besides contributing to the AREA research themes, we intend to build the digital library of archival documents from our archive, and also to continue to promote standards developed by this project among Polish archaeological institutions and professionals.