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| At most 5 users will access the center every day | The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, along with the councilor for Culture and Heritage Recovery, Jesús pacheco, supervised this morning the opening of the Municipal Archive of the City Hall, located in the Almudí Palace, which attends in-person visits from users starting today, which must be booked through the appointment system."The Municipal Archive of Murcia preserves documentation with more than 750 years of history, from the year 1266, and is an inexhaustible flow of the history of the city," said José Ballesta, who added that "this center treasures a local newspaper archive and regional of great historical value, not only for the volume of titles, but also for the continuity of their copies, which allows researchers and scholars to follow the evolution of historical events through its thousands of pages that serve as a source for the history".At most, 5 users will be able to access each day, which will be attended by strict order of request.
Likewise, a maximum of 10 documents or installation units will be delivered per person and day.Those interested can request their appointment through the email file@ayto-murcia.es or by phone, by calling 968 358 735 from 8:30 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m., available from Monday to Friday.
The Archive will make water, soap, disposable paper towels and hydroalcoholic gel available to those who access the center.Users will not be able to use the computers for public use of the Archive, so the consultation service for digitized documents will not be available in their offices.Recommendations for Archive usersPeople who access the facilities of the Archive must adopt the appropriate measures to protect their health, as well as comply with the recommendations of the health authorities, maintaining the corresponding interpersonal distance in all units and spaces for public use.During the visits, the following recommendations have been established:Users must go to the Archive provided with masks.Users will keep the appropriate security distances, avoiding unnecessary movement through the research room beyond what is strictly necessary.Each user will use a table from the file.To request information on a topic, the user will inform the room assistant what they are looking for.
The assistant will carry out the pertinent search in the databases.The user will not have to fill out the document request form.
The room assistant will do it for you.The ordinance staff will deposit the book or document on the table where it is located.Before picking up the requested document, hands should be disinfected with hydroalcoholic gel, and they must wait a few seconds until they are completely absorbed to avoid wetting the documents.Users should bring their own writing materials, such as pencils, pens, paper, etc.Documents that have been consulted by a user will be quarantined for 14 days, and they cannot be consulted by other users until the stipulated time has passed.Acts of Chapter and Royal Cartulars of the Kingdom of MurciaThe raison d'ętre of the Historical Archive is to respond to the information needs of users, be they researchers or users in general.
In this context, the funds of the Municipal Archive of Murcia constitute a first-rate documentary source and represent the collective memory of the city.Among the documentary collections kept in the Archive, the series of Chapter Acts, which has been kept uninterrupted from 1364, as well as the series known as Royal Cartularies, from 1314 to 1855, which contains the multiple royal orders that came to the Kingdom of Murcia, stand out.
were copied into these codices.Likewise, it houses eight volumes of original documentation of the Monarchy, from the 15th to the 18th century, bound by decision of the Council of 1746 and that make up the series known as Ancient and Modern Letters.It also has a library that was born, as such, in 1924 by Nicolás Ortega Pagán, appointed archivist for his accredited Murcianism.Collect, organize, preserve and make available to researchersThe function of the Archive is to collect, organize, preserve and make available to researchers and interested users the documents produced by the City Council in the exercise of its functions.
The Municipal Archive of Murcia is, on the one hand, a Historical Archive –conserves documentation since 1266– and, on the other, an Administrative Archive –recovers the files that the City Council generates and which have administrative value–.To manage all this documentary collection, it has two work centers, the Historical Archive, located in the Almudí Palace, and the Administrative Archive, in the Finca Mayayo.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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