In this article, the author presents two new computer programs for describing and scanning the construction plans and photographic material kept in the archives. The programs are the first of their kind (written in Microsoft Access) in Slovenia and were produced by the Historical Archives of Ljubljana in cooperation with the Mikrofilm d.o.o. Ljubljana company. The programs include the international archival and museum standards and elements of description, as well as all other features rec| uircd by the most contemporary methods of archival and museum documentation of cultural heritage. The aim of the programs is to do away with the current practice of direct physical contact with the archival and museum documents by providing rapid access to, onscreen viewing and computer printouts of sensitive, original documents and data for researchers and other archive users. Additional features for onscreen viewing of plans and blueprints stored on microfilm are currently being added to the programme.