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.