National archives are central archives maintained by countries or nation states. This article contains a list of national archives. In some countries, national libraries serve the same purpose as national archives - or have archival departments.
Among their more important tasks is ensuring the accessibility and preservation of the information produced by governments, both analogically and digitally, for the government itself, researchers and the public.
Some national archives collections are large, holding millions of items spanning several centuries, while others have been created more recently and have modest collections. Many national archives are effectively dispersed, especially in post-colonial countries, and often have smaller local collections due to cultural imperialism and the theft of cultural and national documents and artifacts. There are ongoing international efforts to repatriate these materials to their communities of origin, in particular Indigenous cultural and intellectual property.
In the last decade, digitization projects have made possible to browse records and contents online.
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Afghanistan |
National Archives of Afghanistan | Kabul | 1890 |  |
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 Albania |
General Directorate of Archives | Tirana | 1949 | ||||
 Algeria |
Centre Nationale des Archives | Birkhadem, Algiers | |||||
 American Samoa |
American Samoa's Office of Archives and Records Management | Tutuila | 1978 | ||||
 Andorra |
National Archives of Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 1975 |  |
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 Angola |
Arquivo Histórico Nacional | Luanda | |||||
 Antigua and Barbuda |
Antigua and Barbuda National Archives | St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda | 1982 | ||||
 Argentina |
General Archive of the Nation | Buenos Aires | 1821 |
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 Armenia |
National Archives of Armenia | Yerevan | 1923 |  |
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 Aruba |
National Archives of Aruba | Oranjestad | 1994 |  |
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National Archives of Australia | Canberra | 1961 |
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| National Film and Sound Archive | 1984 |
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 Austria |
Austrian State Archives | Vienna | 1749 |  |
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 Azerbaijan |
National Archive Department of Azerbaijan | Baku | 2002 |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Institut National des Archives du Congo | Kinshasa | 1989 |
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 Denmark |
Danish National Archives | Copenhagen | 1889 | ||||
 Djibouti |
Archives Nationales et Bibliotheque de Djibouti | Balbala | |||||
 Dominica |
Dominica Library & Information Service | Roseau | 1843 | ||||
 Dominican Republic |
Archivo General de la Nación de República Dominicana | Santo Domingo | 1935 |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 East Timor |
National Archives of East Timor | Dili | 1999 | .jpg.webp) |
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| Timorese Resistance Archive and Museum | 2005 |  |
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 Ecuador |
National Archives of Ecuador | Quito | 1884 | ||||
 Egypt |
Egyptian National Library and Archives | Cairo | 1870 | ||||
 El Salvador |
National Library of El Salvador | San Salvador | 2023 |  |
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 Eritrea |
National Archives of Eritrea | Asmara | |||||
 Estonia |
National Archives of Estonia | Tartu | 1999 |  |
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 Eswatini |
Eswatini National Archives | Lobamba | 1971 | ||||
 Ethiopia |
National Archives and Library of Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 1944 |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Falkland Islands |
Jane Cameron National Archives | Stanley | 1841 | ||||
 Faroe Islands |
National Archives of the Faroe Islands | Tórshavn | 1932 | ||||
 Fiji |
National Archives of Fiji | Suva | 1954 | ||||
 Finland |
National Archives of Finland | Helsinki | 1816 |
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 France |
Archives Nationales | Paris and Pierrefitte-sur-Seine | 1790 | ._Archives_nationales_(France).jpg.webp) |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Gabon |
Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Gabon | Libreville | 1969 | ||||
 Gambia |
The Gambia National Records Service | Banjul | 1966 |
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 Georgia |
National Archives of Georgia | Tbilisi | 1920 |
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 Germany |
German Federal Archives | Koblenz | 1952 |  |
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 Ghana |
National Archives of Ghana (until 1997) | Accra | |||||
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 Gibraltar |
Gibraltar Archives | Gibraltar | 1969 |  |
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 Greece |
General State Archives | Psychiko | 1914 | ||||
 Greenland |
Greenland National Museum | Nuuk | 1982 |
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 Grenada |
Grenada National Museum | St. George's | 1959 |
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 Guam |
Guam Museum | Hagåtña | 1980 | .jpg.webp) |
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 Guatemala |
Archivo General de Centro América | Guatemala City | 1846 |
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| Guatemala National Police Archives | Discovered in 2005 |
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 Guinea |
National Archives of Guinea | Conakry | |||||
 Guinea-Bissau |
Arquivos Históricos Nacionais da República da Guiné-Bissau | Bissau | 1984 | ||||
 Guyana |
National Archives of Guyana (a.k.a. the Walter Rodney Archives) | Georgetown, Guyana | 1958 |  |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Haiti |
Archives Nationales d'Haïti | Port-au-Prince | 1860 | ||||
 Honduras |
Archivo Nacional de Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 1880 |  |
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 Hong Kong |
Government Records Service | Kwun Tong, Kowloon | 1989 |  |
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 Hungary |
National Archives of Hungary | Budapest | 1756 |  |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Iceland |
National Archives of Iceland | Reykjavík | 1882 | ||||
 India |
National Archives of India | New Delhi | 1891 |  |
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 Indonesia |
National Archives of Indonesia | Jakarta | 1819 |
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 Iran |
National Library and Archive of Iran | Tehran | 1899 |
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 Iraq |
Iraq National Library and Archive | Baghdad | 1920 |
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 Ireland |
National Archives of Ireland | Dublin | 1867 |
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 Isle of Man |
Manx Museum | Douglas, Isle of Man | 1922 | .jpg.webp) |
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 Israel |
Israel State Archives | Jerusalem | 1949 |
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| Central Zionist Archives | West Jerusalem | 1919 |
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 Italy |
Central Archives of the State | Rome | 1875 |  |
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 Ivory Coast |
Archives Nationales du Côte d´Ivoire | Abidjan |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Jamaica |
Jamaica Archives and Records Department | Kingston, Jamaica | 1955 | ||||
 Japan |
National Archives of Japan | Chiyoda, Tokyo | 1959 |  |
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 Jordan |
National Library of Jordan | Amman | 1977 |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Kazakhstan |
National Archives of Kazakhstan | Astana | 2002 | ||||
| Central State Archive of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Almaty | ||||||
| Republic of Kazakhstan Presidential Archive | |||||||
 Kenya |
Kenya National Archives | Nairobi | 1965 |
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 Kiribati |
Kiribati National Library and Archives | Bairiki | |||||
 Kosovo |
National Library of Kosovo | Pristina | 1944 |
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| State Agency of Archives of Kosovo[2] | 1977 | ||||||
 Kuwait |
National Library of Kuwait | Kuwait City | 1923 |
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 Kyrgyzstan |
National Library of the Kyrgyz Republic | Bishkek | 1934 |  |
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| Central State Archives of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan |
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 Lebanon |
Centre des Archives Nationales | Beirut | |||||
 Liberia |
Center for National Documents and Records | Monrovia | 1977 | ||||
 Libya |
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 Liechtenstein |
National Archives of Liechtenstein | ||||||
 Lithuania |
Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania | Vilnius |  |
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 Luxembourg |
Archives nationales de Luxembourg (ANLux) |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Madagascar |
National Archives of Madagascar |
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 Malawi |
National Archives of Malawi | ||||||
 Malaysia |
National Archives of Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 1957 | ||||
 Mali |
Direction Nationale des Archives du Mali | Bamako | |||||
 Malta |
National Archives of Malta | Rabat, Malta |  |
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 Marshall Islands |
Alele Museum & Public Library |  |
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 Mauritania |
National Archives of Mauritania | 1955 |
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 Mauritius |
National Archives of Mauritius | Coromandel, Mauritius | 1815 | ||||
 Mexico |
Archivo General de la Nación | Mexico City | _(2).jpg.webp) |
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 Mongolia |
National Archives of Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 1927 | ||||
 Montenegro |
State Archives of Montenegro | Cetinje | 1951 | ||||
 Morocco |
National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco | Rabat | 1924 |  |
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 Mozambique |
Arquivo Histórico de Moçambique | 1934 | |||||
 Myanmar |
National Archives of Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 1973 |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Namibia |
National Archives of Namibia | Windhoek | 1939 |
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 Netherlands |
Nationaal Archief | The Hague | 1802 |  |
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 New Zealand |
Archives New Zealand | Wellington |  |
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 Nicaragua |
General National Archive | Managua | |||||
 Niger |
Archives nationales du Niger[3] | ||||||
 Nigeria |
National Archives of Nigeria | Abuja |  |
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 Norway |
National Archival Services of Norway | Oslo | 1817 |  |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Pakistan |
National Archives of Pakistan | Islamabad |
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 Palestine |
Palestine National Archives | Ramallah | |||||
| Gaza City Central Archives | Gaza City | ||||||
| Al-Budeiri Library | Old City of Jerusalem |
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| Khalidi Library | 1900 |
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 Panama |
National Archives of Panama | Panama City | 1912 |  |
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 Paraguay |
Archivo Nacional de Asunción | ||||||
 Peru |
General Archive of the Nation | Lima | 1872 | ||||
 Philippines |
National Archives of the Philippines | Manila | |||||
 Poland |
Central Archives of Historical Records | Warsaw | 1808 |  |
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 Portugal |
Torre do Tombo National Archive | Lisbon | 1378 |  |
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 Puerto Rico |
Archivo General de Puerto Rico | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1955 |  |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Romania |
National Archives of Romania | Bucharest |
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 Russia |
Russian State Archive of Contemporary History | Moscow | |||||
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| Russian State Archive of Literature and Art | 1941 |  |
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| State Archive of the Russian Federation | 1992 |  |
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 Rwanda |
National Archives of Rwanda | Kigali |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Taiwan |
National Archives Administration, National Development Council | ||||||
 Tanzania |
Tanzania National Archives | Dar es Salaam | 1962 | ||||
 Thailand |
National Archives of Thailand | Bangkok |
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| Thai Film Archive | Nakhon Pathom province |  |
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 Togo |
National Archives of Togo | Lomé | |||||
 Trinidad and Tobago |
National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | |||||
 Tunisia |
National Archives of Tunisia | Tunis |  |
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 Turkey |
Ottoman archives | Istanbul |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Ukraine |
State Archival Service of Ukraine |  |
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 United Arab Emirates |
National Library and Archives | Abu Dhabi | 1968 |  |
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 United Kingdom |
The National Archives | Greater London |  |
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| Public Record Office of Northern Ireland | Belfast | 1923 |
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 United States |
National Archives and Records Administration | Washington, D.C. | 1934 |  |
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 Uruguay |
General Archive of the Nation | Montevideo |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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National Archives of Vanuatu | ||||||
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Vatican Apostolic Archive | Cortile del Belvedere | 1612 | ||||
 Venezuela |
National Archives of Venezuela | Caracas |  |
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| Country | Archive | Location | Year | Collection size | Notable artifacts | Image | Website |
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 Zambia |
National Archives of Zambia | Lusaka |
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 Zimbabwe |
National Archives of Zimbabwe | Harare | 1935 |  |
See also
References
- ↑ Ceesay, Hassoum (2018). "Doing Archival Research in The Gambia: Locating and Appraising the Sources". Esboços: histórias em contextos globais. 25 (39): 49–67.
- ↑ "Kosovo's forgotten archive - K2.0". Kosovo 2.0. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ↑ Marcel Lajeunesse, ed. (2008). Les Bibliothèques nationales de la francophonie (PDF) (in French) (3rd ed.). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. OCLC 401164333.
External links
- "Databases and registers - National Archives of Finland". arkisto.fi. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- penrose-press.com - Directory of Libraries by subject and region, 2016 (in English)
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