List of archives in Albania

The following is from the Wikipedia page
 * National Archives of Albania founded 8 June 1949
 * Central State Film Archive founded 10 April 1947
 * Presidential Archive founded 29 June 1993
 * Parliament Archive founded 15 April 1991
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archive
 * Ministry of Internal Affairs Archive founded 21 March 1964
 * Armed Forces Archive founded 21 March 1964
 * Justice System Archive founded 17 December 2014
 * State Intelligence Service Archive founded 2 July 1991
 * Technical Construction Archive (Albania) founded 26 July 1993
 * Social Insurance Archive founded 19 November 2004
 * Sigurimi Archive founded 30 March 2015
 * General Directorate of Archives (Albania)

History of the archives
The first document stored in the Central State Archive, which deals with efforts to create a Central Archive, is the decision dated on 02.01.1932 of the High State Council for reviewing the draft-regulation for the registration of important events. In this draft-regulation, it was foreseen the creation of a General State Archive.

World War II
World War II slowed down the initiatives undertaken by state authorities for the creation of a centralized system of archives. During this period, documents and records were preserved and managed by the administration of the institution which they belonged to. This collection of documents and records enabled the creation of a large archivial database which became the foundation of a future Central State Archive.

Communism
Efforts to create a central archive continued after the war. In 1947, the "Documentary Archive of the Institute" was created at the Institute of Studies. It collected a considerable amount of historical documents kept by state institutions or individuals, thus taking on the attributes of a Central Archive, but not with all the features of such an entity.

The Central State Archive (AQSH) was finally established as a central body, although subordinated to the Institute of Studies, by the Council of Ministers Order No. 21 dated 08.06.1949.

Its creation marked a culminating moment in the history of Albanian archives.