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.
^Abdulai, Iddirisu (2000). "The Ghana Public Records and Archives Administration Department-Tamale: A Guide for Users". History in Africa. 27: 449–453. doi:10.2307/3172126. JSTOR 3172126. S2CID 161592490.
^. www.llv.li. Archived from the original on 2008-04-03.
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See also List of archives National archives are central archives maintained by countries 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 A EditCountry Archive Location Year Collection size Notable artifacts Image Website nbsp Afghanistan National Archives of Afghanistan Kabul 1890 nbsp nbsp Albania General Directorate of Archives Tirana 1949 Codex Beratinus Codex Beratinus II Elbasan Gospel Manuscript 1 nbsp Algeria Centre Nationale des Archives 2 nbsp Andorra National Archives of Andorra Andorra la Vella 1975 nbsp 3 nbsp Angola Arquivo Historico Nacional Luanda nbsp Argentina General Archive of the Nation Buenos Aires 1821 800 000 photographs 100 000 volumes 3 000 films nbsp 4 nbsp Armenia National Archives of Armenia Yerevan 1923 nbsp 5 nbsp Aruba National Archives of Aruba Oranjestad 1994 nbsp 6 nbsp Australia National Archives of Australia Canberra 1961 40 000 000 items Griffin drawings Mildenhall photographic collection nbsp 7 National Film and Sound Archive Canberra 1984 2 800 000 items nbsp 8 nbsp Austria Austrian State Archives Vienna 1749 nbsp 9 nbsp Azerbaijan National Archive Department Baku 2002 10 B EditCountry Archive Location Year Collection size Notable artifacts Image Website nbsp Bahamas National Archives of the Bahamas Nassau 1971 11 nbsp Bangladesh National Archives of Bangladesh Dhaka 1973 225 000 volumes nbsp 12 nbsp Barbados Barbados National Archives Bridgetown nbsp Belarus National Archives of Belarus Minsk 1927 nbsp 13 nbsp Belgium National Archives of Belgium Brussels nbsp 14 nbsp Belize National Archives of Belize Belmopan nbsp Benin National Archives of Benin Porto Novo 1914 15 nbsp Bhutan National Library amp Archives of Bhutan Thimphu 1967 nbsp 16 nbsp Bolivia National Archives of Bolivia Sucre 1836 114 000 volumes nbsp 17 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Archive of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 18 nbsp Botswana National Archives of Botswana Gaborone 1967 20 000 items nbsp nbsp Brazil Arquivo Nacional Rio de Janeiro 1838 1 740 000 photographs 124 000 films 44 000 maps 20 000 illustrations 4 000 videotapes nbsp 19 nbsp Brunei Brunei National Archives 1983 nbsp Bulgaria Bulgarian Archives State Agency bg Sofia nbsp 20 nbsp Burkina Faso National Archives of Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 21 C EditCountry Archive Location Year Collection size Notable artifacts Image Website nbsp Cambodia National Archives of Cambodia Phnom Penh nbsp 22 nbsp Cameroon National Archives of Cameroon Yaounde 1966 64 000 volumes nbsp Canada Library and Archives Canada Ottawa 2004 30 000 000 photographs 20 000 000 books 3 000 000 architectural drawings plans and maps 425 000 works of art 550 000 music items 90 000 films nbsp 23 nbsp Cape Verde Arquivo Historico Nacional Praia 1988 nbsp 24 nbsp Chile National Archives of Chile Santiago 1927 nbsp 25 nbsp China National Archives Administration of China a k a the Central Archives Beijing 1954 80 000 000 items 26 nbsp Colombia General National Archive Bogota 1989 nbsp 27 nbsp Republic of the Congo Archives Nationales du Congo Brazzaville nbsp Democratic Republic of the Congo Archives Nationales de la Republique democratique du Congo Kinshasa nbsp Cook Islands National Archives of the Cook Islands 1974 4 000 photographs 28 nbsp Costa Rica National Archives of Costa Rica nbsp Croatia Croatian State Archives Zagreb nbsp 29 nbsp Cuba Archivo Nacional de la Republica de Cuba Havana 1840 30 nbsp Cyprus Cyprus State Archives Nicosia 1972 31 nbsp Czech Republic 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EditNational Archive of Iceland National Archives of India National Archives of Indonesia Iraq National Library and Archive National Archives of Ireland Israel State Archive Central Archives of the State Italy J EditNational Archives of JapanK EditKenya National ArchivesL EditCentre des Archives Nationales Lebanon Center for National Documents and Records Liberia National Archives of Libya National Archives of Liechtenstein 2 Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania Archives nationales de Luxembourg ANLux 3 M EditNational Archives of Madagascar National Archives of Malaysia National Archives of Malawi National Archives of Mali National Archives of Malta National Archives of the Marshall Islands National Archives of Mauritania National Archives of Mauritius General National Archive Mexico National Archives of Mongolia State Archives of Montenegro Bibliotheque Generale et Archives Morocco Arquivo Historico de Mocambique Mozambique National Archives of MyanmarN EditNational Archives of 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National Archives of Serbia National Archives of Seychelles National Archives of Singapore Slovak National Archives Archives of the Republic of Slovenia National Archives of South Africa National Archives of Korea South Korea Archivo Historico Nacional es Spain Archivo General de Indias Spain Archivo General de Simancas Spain Department of National Archives Sri Lanka National Archives of Sweden Federal Archives of Switzerland Swiss Literary Archives Swiss Film Archive and Swiss National Sound Archives National Archives of Sudan National Archives of South Sudan National Archives of SurinameT EditNational Archives Administration National Development Council Republic of China commonly known as Taiwan Tanzania National Archives National Archives of Thailand Thai Film Archive National Archives of Togo National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago National Archives of Tunisia Ottoman Archives TurkeyU Edit nbsp QRpedia codes at The National Archives United Kingdom State Archive Service of Ukraine Ukraine list of institutions National Archives UAE United Arab Emirates The National Archives United Kingdom National Archives and Records Administration United States General Archive of the Nation UruguayV EditNational Archives of Vanuatu 5 Vatican Secret Archives National Archives of VenezuelaW EditWest Indies Federal Archives CentreZ EditNational Archives of Zambia National Archives of ZimbabweSee also EditArchives by country List of archives List of archivists Lists of film archives List of national libraries National library List of oldest institutions in continuous operationReferences Edit Abdulai Iddirisu 2000 The Ghana Public Records and Archives Administration Department Tamale A Guide for Users History in Africa 27 449 453 doi 10 2307 3172126 JSTOR 3172126 S2CID 161592490 Landesverwaltung Liechtenstein www llv li Archived from the original on 2008 04 03 Archives nationales de Luxembourg Marcel Lajeunesse ed 2008 Les Bibliotheques nationales de la francophonie PDF in French 3rd ed Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec OCLC 401164333 nbsp Archived copy Archived from the original on 2016 04 18 Retrieved 2016 03 14 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link External links Edit 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of national archives amp oldid 1176629771, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
