KONZERVAČNÁ VEDA V SLOVENSKOM NÁRODNOM ARCHÍVE

This paper analyses the role of conservation science in Slovak archives by examining its relationship to archival science and highlighting the wide application of current conservation science by means of research into conservation technologies, data storage devices and media, microbiological processes and the processes of deterioration with age. The latest research in the Slovak National Archives focuses on tracing paper and photographs and underscores the importance of implementing conservation science and its practice in everyday archival work.