The National Archives receives students from New York and George Washington on a scientific trip
A delegation of social services studies students at New York University in Abu Dhabi, and students of art therapy studies at George Washington University in Washington, DC, paid a scientific visit to the headquarters of the National Archives, during which they learned about aspects of the ancient history of the Emirates and the nation's memory that the National Archives preserves for generations.
The National Archives receives students from New York and George Washington on a scientific trip
A delegation of social services studies students at New York University in Abu Dhabi, and students of art therapy studies at George Washington University in Washington, DC, paid a scientific visit to the headquarters of the National Archives, during which they learned about aspects of the ancient history of the Emirates and the nation's memory that the National Archives preserves for generations.
The students of New York University in Abu Dhabi accompanied their guest delegation coming from George Washington University to the National Archives based on the strong and constructive relations between the National Archives and academic institutions inside and outside the Emirates, and the knowledge it provides to students related to its noble missions and national goals, and on the scientific benefit they have achieved. From the National Archives, informing them of the customs and traditions of the UAE society, aspects and events of the history of the UAE and building its auspicious union.
During the visit, His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Muhammad Al-Raisi, Director General of the National Archives, received the students of the two universities, and talked to them about the efforts of the National Archives and its preparations for the United Arab Emirates to host the Congress of the International Council on Archives in 2020. Thus, the UAE will be the first Arab country to host this important historical event, and experts and specialists will meet at the conference. And officials in the field of archiving and documentation from different countries of the world.
His Excellency provided them with important information about the National Archives and its journey that spanned nearly half a century. It provides intellectuals with its publications that combine originality and modernity, heritage and modernity, in addition to its work in documentation and archiving, and its role in collecting precious historical materials related to the UAE in particular and the Gulf region in general. Documenting and translating them, preparing and publishing specialized historical research, holding local, regional and international seminars and conferences, his participation in them, his efforts in organizing exhibitions related to the United Arab Emirates, and his participation through his educational programs in the national upbringing of students.
His Excellency provided them with important information about the National Archives and its journey that spanned nearly half a century. It provides intellectuals with its publications that combine originality and modernity, heritage and modernity, in addition to its work in documentation and archiving, and its role in collecting precious historical materials related to the UAE in particular and the Gulf region in general. Documenting and translating them, preparing and publishing specialized historical research, holding local, regional and international seminars and conferences, his participation in them, his efforts in organizing exhibitions related to the United Arab Emirates, and his participation through his educational programs in the national upbringing of students.
The delegations of the two prestigious universities toured the National Archives and stopped at the Customer Happiness Hall, where they learned about its functions, which are summarized in receiving researchers. The hall was designed in a thoughtful way that gives the researcher happiness and comfort, and it was furnished in a way that encourages spending a long time in it among the treasures of the National Archives represented in historical documents, maps, photographs and multimedia that the researcher can only find in the National Archives headquarters.
The students expressed their admiration for the Customer Happiness Hall, which plays its role similar to similar halls in the most advanced international archives. It receives researchers, provides them with scientific research mechanisms, and provides them with computers through which they can access archival materials and documents, as well as the possibility of copying and scanning regular pages and maps, and it provides a comfortable research atmosphere close to the library hall so that the researcher can access sources and references and Historical documents that his research requires at the same time.
The visit included a tour of the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Hall, which includes samples of written documents, photographs, maps, and electronic albums of the leaders of the UAE and its most prominent men in the modern era. The visit program also included a tour of the Emirates Library, where the students of the two universities were briefed on its most prominent contents, including references, paper and electronic sources, books, periodicals, and specialized university theses, and methods of benefiting from its holdings. They also watched a three-dimensional documentary film about the UAE’s past in the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Hall for Virtual Reality. And its present, and about the National Archives and its role in preserving the memory of the nation.
