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archives An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...

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countries A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state (polity), state, nation, or other polity, political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, so ...

. This article contains a list of national archives. Among its more important tasks are to ensure the accessibility and preservation of the information produced by governments, both analogically and digitally, for the government itself, researchers and generations to come. Some national archives collections are large, holding millions of items spanning several centuries, while others created recently have modest collections. In the last decade, digitization projects have made possible to browse records and contents online, although no archive have their entire collections published on the web.

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* Danish National Archives *

Archivo General de la Nación de República Dominicana The General Archive of the Nation (Spanish: ''Archivo General de la Nación'') of the Dominican Republic is the country's national archive, decentralized from the Ministry of Culture. It is in charge of organizing and preserving all documents rele ...

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* National Archives of Ecuador *

Egyptian National Library and Archives The Egyptian National Library and Archives ( ar, دار الكتب والوثائق القومية; "Dar el-Kotob") is located in Nile Corniche, Cairo and is the largest library in Egypt, followed by Al-Azhar University and the Bibliotheca Alex ...

* National Archives of Estonia * Eswatini National Archives * National Archives and Library of Ethiopia

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Jane Cameron National Archives The Jane Cameron National Archives are the official national archives of the Falkland Islands. Government records in the Falklands were started by the first Governor of the Falkland Islands, Richard Moody, in 1841. The records were initially kept ...

(Falkland Islands) * National Archives of the Faroe Islands *

National Archives of Finland The National Archives of Finland (Finnish: ''Kansallisarkisto'', Swedish: ''Riksarkivet'') is a Finnish government agency under the Ministry of Education and Culture. It is responsible for archiving official documents of the Finnish state and mu ...

Archives nationales (France) The Archives nationales (, "National Archives" in English; abbreviated AN) are the national archives of France. They preserve the archives of the French state, apart from the archives of the Ministry of Armed Forces and Ministry of Foreign Aff ...

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* National Archives of Gabon * National Archives of Ghana. This role was taken over by the Public Records and Archives Administration Department in 1997. *

German Federal Archives The German Federal Archives or Bundesarchiv (BArch) (german: Bundesarchiv) are the National Archives of Germany. They were established at the current location in Koblenz in 1952. They are subordinated to the Federal Commissioner for Culture and t ...

* General Archives of the State (Greece) *

National Archives of Georgia , seal= , seal_size = , image = File:National Archives of Georgia Building.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption =National Archives of Georgia , coordinates = , jurisdiction = Ministry of Justice of Georgia , dissolved = ...

Gibraltar Archives The Gibraltar National Archives is a department of the Government of Gibraltar under the responsibility of the Ministry of the Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar. The Gibraltar Archives were established in 1969 following Gibraltar's first const ...

* National Archives of Guinea

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National Archives of Haiti The National Archives of Haiti were first established in 1860. The archives hold the records of the office of the President and most government ministries. They are currently participating in the Digital Library of the Caribbean's ''Protecting Ha ...

* Government Records Service and Public Records Office, Hong Kong * National Archives of Hungary

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* National Archive of Iceland *

National Archives of India The National Archives of India (NAI) is a repository of the non-current records of the Government of India and holds them in trust for the use of administrators and scholars. Originally established as the Imperial Record Department in 1891, in Cal ...

* National Archives of Indonesia *

Iraq National Library and Archive The Iraq National Library and Archive (INLA; ar, دار الكتب والوثائق العراقية, ''Dār al-Kutub wa al-Wathā’iq al-‘Irāqiyyah'') is the national library and national archives of Iraq. It is located in the Iraqi capita ...

* National Archives of Ireland * Israel State Archive *

Central Archives of the State (Italy) The Central Archives of the State (in Italian: ''Archivio centrale dello Stato'') are the main national archives of Italy. They were created in 1875 under the name of ''Royal Archives''. They took their present name in 1953. They are located in E ...

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National Archives of Japan The preserve Japanese government documents and historical records and make them available to the public. Although Japan's reverence for its unique history and art is well documented and illustrated by collections of art and documents, there is al ...

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Kenya National Archives Kenya National Archives and Documentation Services (KNADS) is situated at the edge of the central business district in downtown Nairobi along Moi Avenue next to Ambassadeur Hotel. The archives look out on the landmark Hilton Hotel, while on the r ...

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* Centre des Archives Nationales (Lebanon) *

Center for National Documents and Records (Liberia) The Center for National Documents and Records (est. 1977) serves as the national archives of Liberia. It was headquartered on Tubman Boulevard in the Sinkor section of the city of Monrovia until 1992, when it moved to Ashmun Street Ashmun Street ...

* National Archives of Libya * National Archives of Liechtenstein *

Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania The Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania is a government agency, which participates in the shaping of national policy in the field of management and use of documents and archives, as well as implements this policy, supports the Chief Archivi ...

* Archives nationales de Luxembourg (ANLux)

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* National Archives of Madagascar * National Archives of Malaysia * National Archives of Malawi * National Archives of Mali *

National Archives of Malta The National Archives of Malta ( mt, L-Arkivji Nazzjonali ta' Malta) is the central archive maintained by the Mediterranean island nation of Malta. The Archives has been housed in the Grandmaster's Palace for most of its lifetime, having move ...

* National Archives of the Marshall Islands * National Archives of Mauritania *

National Archives of Mauritius The National Archives of Mauritius are located in Coromandel, Mauritius. The archives were officially established in 1815, one of the earliest such institutions established in the Southern Hemisphere. See also * List of national archives * Nati ...

General National Archive (Mexico) General National Archive ( es, Archivo General de la Nación) is the name of several national archives in Latin America. *General Archive of the Nation (Argentina) *General Archive of the Nation (Colombia) *General National Archive (El Salvador) * ...

* National Archives of Mongolia * State Archives of Montenegro * Bibliothèque Générale et Archives,

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

Arquivo Histórico de Moçambique The Arquivo Histórico de Moçambique (est. 1934) serves as the national archives of Mozambique. In 1939 it was designated the official "Arquivo do Governo da Colónia" and after independence from Portugal in 1975 became the repository of records ...

(Mozambique) * National Archives of Myanmar

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National Archives of Namibia The National Archives of Namibia (NAN) is the national archives of Namibia, located in Windhoek. It was established in 1939 and shares a building with the National Library of Namibia. NAN belongs to the National Library and Archives service of th ...

* Nationaal Archief, Netherlands * Archives New Zealand * General National Archive (Nicaragua) * Archives nationales du Niger *

National Archives of Nigeria The National Archives of Nigeria has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, with branches in Enugu, Ibadan, and Kaduna. As of 2017, the current Director of Archives is Mr. Danjuma Dambring Fer. History Professor Kenneth Onwuka Dike did a survey o ...

* Public Record Office of Northern Ireland *

National Archival Services of Norway The National Archival Services of Norway ( no, Arkivverket) is a Norwegian government agency that is responsible for keeping state archives, conducts control of public archiving and works to preserve private archives. It is subordinate to the Mi ...

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* Palestine National Archives, maintained by Palestinian Ministry of Culture. *

National Archives of Pakistan The National Archives of Pakistan ( ur, ) is a body established by the Government of Pakistan for the purpose of preserving and making available public and private records which have bearings on the History of Pakistan, history, Pakistani cultur ...

* National Archives of Panama * Archivo Nacional de Asunción,

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

* Archivo General de la Nación del Perú * National Archives of the Philippines * Central Archives of Historical Records, Poland **

Archives of Modern Records An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...

, Poland * Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Portugal *

Archivo General de Puerto Rico The Archivo General de Puerto Rico (General Archives of Puerto Rico), established in 1955, is an archive documenting the history and culture of Puerto Rico. The governmental Institute of Puerto Rican Culture began overseeing its operation in 195 ...

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* National Archives of Romania * Russian State Archive of Contemporary History * Russian State Archive of Literature and Art * Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History * State Archive of the Russian Federation * National Archives of Rwanda

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* Saharawi National Archive * State Archives of San Marino * National Archives of Scotland *

Archives nationales du Sénégal The Archives Nationales du Sénégal (in English: ''National Archives of Senegal'') is headquartered in Dakar, in the "Central Park" building on Avenue Malick Sy. It was first called "Archives Nationales" in 1962, but the collection existed since ...

National Archives of Serbia The Archive of Serbia ( sr, Архив Србије / Arhiv Srbije), is the national archive of Serbia, located in Belgrade. It houses and protects documents and other archival materials produced by state bodies and organizations of Serbia befo ...

* National Archives of Seychelles * National Archives of Singapore * Slovak National Archives * Archives of the Republic of Slovenia *

National Archives of South Africa The National Archives and Records Service is an institutional network, operating on a centralized and decentralized provincial basis under central government control. The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa was established by p ...

National Archives of Korea National Archives of Korea is an agency of South Korean government, charged with preserving government-produced articles and records. It is headquartered in Government Complex Daejeon and has branches in Busan and Seongnam, and an office in Seou ...

, South Korea * , Spain * Archivo General de Indias, Spain *

Archivo General de Simancas The General Archive of Simancas (also known by its acronym, ''AGS'') is an official archive located in the Castle of Simancas, in the town of Simancas, province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain. It was founded in 1540, making this the firs ...

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Department of National Archives The Department of National Archives ( Sinhala: ජාතික ලේඛනාරක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ''jāthika lēkhanārakshana depārthamēnthuwa'') is a government department in Sri Lanka which is the repo ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

* National Archives of Sweden * Federal Archives of Switzerland,

Swiss Literary Archives The Swiss Literary Archives (SLA - ''Schweizerische Literaturarchiv'') in Bern collects literary estates in all four national languages of Switzerland (German, French, Italian and Romansh language). It is part of the Swiss National Library ...

Swiss Film Archive The Swiss Film Archive (French: ''Cinémathèque suisse'', German: ''Schweizer Filmarchiv'') is a Swiss state-approved noncommercial foundation based in Lausanne. Its aims are to collect, protect, study and present film archives.Swiss National Sound Archives The Swiss National Sound Archives are the sound archives of Switzerland, based in Lugano. Its mission is to collect sound recordings related to the history and culture of Switzerland, to make them accessible and to make them available for use. In ...

* National Archives of Sudan * National Archives of South Sudan * National Archives of Suriname

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* National Archives Administration, National Development Council; Republic of China (commonly known as "Taiwan") * Tanzania National Archives *

National Archives of Thailand The National Archives of Thailand (NAT) ( th, สำนักหอจดหมายเหตุแห่งชาติ; ) is a Thai government agency under the Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture. It was established in 1916 (B.E.2 ...

Thai Film Archive The Film Archive (Public Organization) (FA; th, หอภาพยนตร์ (องค์การมหาชน)), also commonly referred to as the Thai Film Archive (TFA), is a film archive in Thailand. It was established in 1984 as the Na ...

* National Archives of Togo * National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago *

National Archives of Tunisia The National Archives of Tunisia (French: Archives nationales de Tunisie) (est. 1988) is headquartered in Tunis on the Boulevard 9 avril 1938. Among its holdings are materials generated by various government offices, such as the president, prime ...

* Ottoman Archives

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

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State Archive Service of Ukraine The State Archival Service of Ukraine or Ukrderzharkhiv is a Ukrainian government agency that implements state policy regarding the keeping of archives and record, function of state system of documentation security fund as well as an inter-trade ...

, Ukraine ( list of institutions) * National Archives (UAE), United Arab Emirates *

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National Archives and Records Administration The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It i ...

, United States * General Archive of the Nation, Uruguay

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* National Archives of Vanuatu *

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* National Archives of Venezuela

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* West Indies Federal Archives Centre

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* National Archives of Zambia *

National Archives of Zimbabwe The National Archives of Zimbabwe are the national archives of Zimbabwe. They are located in Harare. The National Archives were established by an Act of Parliament in 1935, now known as the National Archives Act 1896. The Archives are the st ...

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