This work proposes the understanding of the criterion of aesthetic value from a qualification of the Goods of Cultural Interest of Archival Documentary Character, for which the scope of the expression aesthetic value is analyzed from the classification processes established since the Agreement 006 of 2019. The guidelines that could be appropriated for the change of the same standard in relation to the aesthetic value from the qualitative point of view will be established, and the reorientation of the archival documentary character around an aesthetic value is proposed, which implies a new assessment of the Assets of Cultural Interest of Archival Documentary Character beyond the evaluation proposed in Agreement 006 of 2019. The work is composed of seven chapters and the first one specifies the problem under investigation and develops the state of the art of the subject; The objectives are formulated in the second chapter, while the theoretical framework is developed in the third, and includes as aesthetic analysis categories, the significant experiences generating knowledge from perception and valuation as a process. The methodological design is formulated in the fourth chapter, in the fifth a critical analysis of the aesthetic value is made, which allows valuing instead of evaluating; This chapter also presents the proposal to modify the process of valuing the aesthetic value. The last two chapters contain the conclusions and recommendations, respectively.