List of archives

See also List of national archives and List of historical societies

This list of archives contains many archives from around the world. An archive is an establishment that collects and stores historical documents, photos, and other media.

Albania

 * National Archives of Albania
 * National Library of Albania

Algeria

 * Archives Nationales (Algeria)

Argentina

 * General Archive of the Nation

Armenia

 * National Archives of Armenia

Australia

 * National Archives of Australia
 * State Records Authority of New South Wales
 * State Records Office of Western Australia
 * Queensland State Archives
 * National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

Barbados

 * Barbados National Archives

Belgium

 * Center for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society
 * Letterenhuis
 * Mundaneum
 * Liberal Archive (Belgium)
 * State Archives in Belgium

Brazil

 * Brazilian National Archives
 * Arquivo Edgard Leuenroth
 * Brazilian Studies Institute (University of São Paulo )

Canada

 * Library and Archives Canada
 * Provincial Archives of Alberta
 * BC (British Columbia) Archives
 * Manitoba Archives
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
 * Archives of Ontario
 * Newfoundland Archives & Museum
 * Northwest Territories Archives
 * Nunavut Archives
 * Nova Scotia
 * Prince Edward Island
 * Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
 * Saskatchewan Archives
 * Yukon Archives


 * Anglican Church of Canada archives
 * Atlas of Canada Map Archives
 * Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
 * Canadian Women's Movement Archives
 * Canadian Pacific Archives
 * CBC Archives (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
 * Connexions Archive
 * Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
 * Montreal archives
 * National Climate and Weather Information Archive
 * Ontario Jewish Archives
 * Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives
 * Bertrand Russell Archives
 * Sources journalism archive
 * City of Toronto Archives
 * United Church of Canada archives
 * City of Vancouver Archives

Chile

 * National Archives of Chile

Croatia

 * Croatian State Archives

Cyprus

 * Cyprus State Archives

Czech Republic

 * National Archives (Czech Republic)

Denmark

 * Danish National Archives

Ecuador

 * National Archives of Ecuador

Egypt

 * Egyptian National Library and Archives

Estonia

 * National Archives of Estonia

Ethiopia

 * National Archives and Library of Ethiopia

Finland

 * National Archives of Finland
 * National Audiovisual Archive

France

 * Archives départementales de Seine-Maritime
 * Defence Historical Service
 * National archives

Greece

 * General Archives of the State

Hungary

 * National Archives

Iceland

 * Reykjavík Municipal Archives

India

 * National Archives of India
 * National Film Archive of India
 * Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
 * National Aerospace Laboratories

Ireland

 * National Archives of Ireland

Israel

 * Central Zionist Archives
 * Ghetto Fighters' House
 * Information Center for Israeli Art
 * Israel State Archives
 * Jerusalem Cinematheque
 * Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive

Italy

 * Central Archives of the State

Japan

 * National Archives of Japan
 * Fujiphotos, leading source for photographs of contemporary Japan. Represented by The Image Works.

Malta

 * National Archives of Malta

Mexico

 * Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City
 * Archivo Histórico del Distrito Federal
 * Archivo Histórico del Instituto Nacional de Arqueología e Historia
 * Archivo Histórico de Notarías
 * Archivo de Instrumentos Públicos, Guadalajara, Jalisco
 * Biblioteca Pública del Estado de Jalisco
 * Archivo del Arzobispado de Guadalajara
 * Archivo Histórico de la Provincia Franciscana, Zapopan]
 * Archivo General de Notarías del Estado de Jalisco, Toluca

Netherlands

 * Amsterdam City Archives
 * Dutch Institute for War Documentation
 * Expatriate Archive Centre
 * Nationaal Archief
 * Spaarnestad Photo

New Zealand

 * Archives New Zealand

Norway

 * National Archival Services of Norway

Pakistan

 * National Archives of Pakistan
 * Punjab Archives, Lahore
 * Sindh Archives, Karachi

Romania

 * National Archives of Romania
 * National Film Archives (ANF)

Russia

 * Archive of the President of the Russian Federation
 * Russian State Archive of Contemporary History
 * Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History
 * State Archive of the Russian Federation
 * Russian State Archive of Literature and Art

Senegal

 * National Archives of Senegal

Singapore

 * National Archives of Singapore

Slovakia

 * Slovak National Archives

Slovenia

 * National Archives of Slovenia

South Korea

 * National Archives and Records Service

Spain

 * Archivo General de Indias
 * Archivo General de Simancas

Sri Lanka

 * Department of National Archives

Sweden

 * National Archives of Sweden

Switzerland

 * Federal Archives of Switzerland

Thailand

 * National Archives of Thailand
 * Thai Film Archive

Ukraine

 * Archives of Ukraine (Архіви України)
 * Ukrainian Research Institute of Archival Affairs and Records Management
 * Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine

United Kingdom

 * A.N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives, Wrexham
 * Anglesey County Record Office, Llangefni
 * Angus Archives
 * Archives of the University of Glasgow
 * Archive Services, University of Dundee<* Ayrshire Archives
 * Barnsley Archives and Local Studies
 * Bath Record Office
 * BBC Sound Archive
 * Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service, Bedford
 * Berkshire Record Office, Reading
 * Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office
 * Birmingham City Archives
 * Borthwick Institute for Archives, York
 * BP Archive, near Coventry (shares premises with the Modern Records Centre)
 * Bristol Record Office
 * BT Archives, London
 * Caernarfon Record Office
 * Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies, Cambridge and Huntingdon
 * Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, London
 * Canterbury Cathedral Archives
 * Carmarthenshire Archives Service
 * Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, Aylesbury
 * Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone
 * Ceredigion Archives, Aberystwyth
 * Cheshire Record Office, Chester
 * City of Westminster Archives Centre
 * Clackmannanshire Archives
 * Conwy Archive Service, Llandudno
 * Cornwall Record Office, Truro
 * Coventry Archives
 * Cumbria Archive Service, Barrow, Carlisle, Kendal and Whitehaven
 * Denbighshire Record Office, Ruthin
 * Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock
 * Devon Record Office, Exeter
 * Doncaster Archives
 * Dorset History Centre, Dorchester
 * Dudley Archives and Local History
 * Dundee City Archives


 * Durham County Record Office
 * East Dunbartonshire Archives
 * East Kent Archives Centre
 * East Riding of Yorkshire Archive Service
 * East Sussex Record Office, Lewes
 * Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, Colchester, Harlow, Saffron Walden and Southend
 * Family Records Centre, London
 * Flintshire Record Office, Hawarden
 * Glamorgan Archives, Cardiff
 * Glasgow University Archive Services, Glasgow
 * Gloucestershire Record Office, Gloucester
 * Greater Manchester County Record Office
 * Gwent Record Office, Cwmbran
 * Hampshire Record Office
 * Herefordshire Record Office
 * Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
 * Highland Council Archive, Inverness
 * House of Lords Record Office, London (also known as the Parliamentary Archives)
 * Hull City Archives
 * India Office Records at The British Library
 * Lambeth Archives
 * Lambeth Palace Library
 * Lebrecht Photo Library
 * Lichfield Record Office
 * Lincolnshire Archives, Lincoln
 * Liverpool Record Office
 * London Metropolitan Archives
 * Manchester Archives and Local Studies
 * Media Archive for Central England
 * Medway Archives, Strood
 * Meirionnydd Record Office, Dolgellau
 * Modern Records Centre, near Coventry
 * National Co-operative Archive, Manchester
 * National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
 * National Archives (UK), Kew
 * National Archives of Scotland
 * National Gas Archive, Warrington
 * National Monuments Record, Swindon
 * Norfolk Record Office, Norwich
 * North Highland Archive, Wick
 * North Yorkshire County Record Office, Northallerton
 * Northamptonshire Record Office, Northampton
 * Northumberland Record Office
 * Nottinghamshire Archives, Nottingham
 * Nottingham University, Manuscripts and Special Collections
 * Oldham Local Studies and Archives
 * Oxfordshire Record Office, Cowley near Oxford
 * Parliamentary Archives, London
 * Pembrokeshire Record Office
 * Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
 * Powys County Archives Office, Llandrindod Wells
 * Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
 * Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, near Leicester
 * Rotherham Archives and Local Studies Service
 * Royal Mail Archive, London
 * Sandwell Community History and Archive Service
 * Shropshire Archives, Shrewsbury
 * Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office, Stratford-upon-Avon
 * Sheffield Archives
 * Somerset Archive & Record Service
 * Sorabji Archive, Hereford
 * Southampton Archives
 * Staffordshire Record Office, Stafford
 * Stoke on Trent City Archives
 * Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich and Lowestoft
 * Surrey History Centre, Woking
 * Teesside Archives, Middlesbrough
 * Tyne and Wear Archives Service, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
 * Walsall Local History Centre
 * Warwickshire County Records Office, Warwick
 * Waterways Archive, Gloucester
 * West Glamorgan Archive Service, Swansea
 * West Sussex Record Office, Chichester
 * West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield
 * Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office, Chippenham
 * Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies
 * Worcestershire Record Office
 * York City Archive

National

 * Library of Congress
 * National Archives and Records Administration
 * Civilian Personnel Records Center
 * Electronic Records Archives
 * National Personnel Records Center
 * Military Personnel Records Center
 * Smithsonian Institution Archives
 * National Anthropological Archives
 * Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

State

 * Alabama Department of Archives and History
 * California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives
 * Georgia Archives
 * Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau
 * Louisiana State Archive and Research Library
 * New York State Archives
 * Oregon State Archives
 * Pennsylvania State Archives
 * Tennessee State Library and Archives
 * Texas State Library and Archives
 * Washington State Digital Archives
 * Directory of state archives

Others

 * Academy Film Archive
 * American Radio Archive
 * Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism
 * Archives of American Art
 * Archives of the History of American Psychology
 * California Green Archives
 * Charles E. Stevens American Atheist Library and Archives
 * Gulf Coast Archive and Museum of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender History
 * GLBT Historical Society
 * Harvard Film Archive
 * Historic Films Archive
 * Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
 * Lambda Archives of San Diego
 * Mennonite Church USA Archives
 * Marquette University Special Collections and University Archives
 * National African American Archives and Museum
 * National Public Broadcasting Archives
 * National Security Archive
 * New York City Municipal Archives
 * ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
 * South Texas Archives and Special Collections
 * Southern Historical Collection
 * Ukrainian Museum-Archives
 * Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive
 * Washington University Film & Media Archive
 * Many presidential libraries include archives.
 * Many large organizations such as universities, corporations, newspapers, and so on maintain archives consisting of the papers and records which have been created during the course of the organization's life.

Uruguay

 * Cinemateca Uruguaya, Montevideo. Largest film archive of Uruguay, holding 20.000 films

Vatican City

 * Vatican Secret Archives
 * Archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith