Audiovisual Materials Room Reopens to Showcase "100 Years of Gwangju's History"

'Digital Archive' Featuring Gwangju Eupseong Fortress and Taebongsan Mountain
Enhanced Accessibility... Commemorative 'Quiz Event' Also Held

Gwangju City Audiovisual Materials Room.

The city of Gwangju has completely renovated its Audiovisual Materials Room, which contains 100 years of Gwangju's history and the city's development process, and reopened it on the 26th.

The Gwangju City Audiovisual Materials Room has digitally archived over 20,000 audiovisual materials, including photographs, slides, and films. It allows for a more systematic and intuitive exploration of records by era, ranging from the vanished old Gwangju?such as the Gwangju Eupseong Fortress, the county office, and Taebongsan Mountain in the 1900s?to the transformed modern cityscape.

In particular, the renovated site now offers various new features for user convenience, including viewing municipal photographs, searching by specific conditions, and requesting materials online. Accessibility has also been improved so that materials can be easily viewed in mobile environments.

The materials are organized into three categories: Historical Collections, Thematic Historical Materials, and Historical Content. The Historical Collections are classified according to the preservation format of the records and include 2,450 photographs, 3,300 slides, and 3,134 films.

The Thematic Historical Materials provide 8,556 key municipal site photographs, categorized into eight fields: administration, culture and tourism, sports, transportation and construction, and others. The Historical Content section offers a variety of materials, including the history of Gwangju's transformation, vanished landmarks, and works by photographers.

To commemorate the renovation, the city will hold a "quiz event" on the Audiovisual Materials Room website and the Gwangju City website until June 4. Selected participants will receive prizes through a drawing.

Park Gwangseok, spokesperson, said, "The Audiovisual Materials Room is a digital archive that vividly showcases Gwangju's identity and history. With this renovation, we will continue to expand content so that every citizen can easily and enjoyably access both the past and present of Gwangju."

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