This paper discussed the recording process and context of the visual archive which records
the cultural heritage in video. The cultural heritage record has a value for permanent
preservation by being a core material for national and cultural identity of a country, and has
its own value as information. Visual archive is one of the recording methods for cultural
heritage along with the static image like a picture and the reports documenting contents in
writing. Visual archive is useful for the efficient delivery of information with visual images and
audio system. Context should be considered to distinguish between data and information more
clearly in the process of production and utilization of information. The transformation
process of data to information was studied by considering context during the process
of recording cultural heritage in images. As a result, we expect that cultural heritage
is classified by knowledge information and becomes a foundation used actively for
creating cultural contents.