New Community Digitization Program

New Community Digitization Program

At this year's Night of Museums, the Archivum—continuing its decades-long work for Budapest—will launch a new community digitization program to preserve Budapest’s moving image heritage.

Budapest has remained central to the Archivum’s mission over the past three decades. Initiatives such as Budapest100, Fortepan, and Yellow Star Houses were all launched here, inviting citizens to engage with and explore the city’s history. Continuing this tradition, we are now introducing a new community-based digitization program that will also rely on contributions of Budapest’s residents.

Beginning this month, on the first Wednesday afternoon of every month (from 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.), we welcome analog audiovisual materials made before 1989—VHS tapes, home movies, and other formats—preserved by residents of Budapest and beyond. With the donors’ consent, the Archivum will digitize these materials for long-term preservation and to build a new digital collection, while returning the originals to their owners.

For further details, please contact our colleague, Nóra Bertalan at: Bertalan@ceu.edu