The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is observed on October 27, every year.

World day for Audiovisual Heritage

• Audio-visual Heritage Day is observed with the aim of raising general awareness among people related to the need of taking urgent measures.
• The day also acknowledges the significance of audio-visual documents.
• It also brings the priceless heritage of these documents to notice, telling the stories of lives & cultures from across the world.
• The day also sensitize people across the world for conserving and safeguarding valuable audio-visual resources for future generations.

Theme of the day

The Audio-visual Heritage Day 2021 was observed under the theme “Your Window to the World”. The theme highlights that, audio-visual sources provide a window in the form of documentary heritage objects, to the world.