archive

electronic, film, photo/photographic, sound

The museum's electronic archive contains thousands of historical documents that researchers can access online.

build up, create, set up

The museum decided to create an archive of photographs from the last century.

house, keep, maintain

The local museum maintains an extensive archive of photographs from the 1950s.

hold sth in, keep sth in, preserve sth in

The museum keeps thousands of historical photographs in its archive.

film, footage

The museum's archive film shows how people dressed in the 1950s.

among/amongst the ~s

Researchers discovered old letters among the archives when they were organizing the library's collection.

from an/the ~

The museum discovered a valuable letter from the archive during last year's renovation project.

in an/the ~

The museum discovered photographs from the 1920s stored in an archive.