Archives Office

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An archive office is an institution that offers central services for non-governmental archives in its district as part of archive maintenance . Your customers are primarily municipal archives, aristocratic archives, as well as archives of clubs, associations and foundations.

In addition to advice on archiving issues, the offer includes training for archive employees, the issuing of specialist publications and the organization of specialist conferences.

Situation in North Rhine-Westphalia

In North Rhine-Westphalia, smaller archives (above all municipal archives as well as aristocratic and family archives) are looked after by the LWL archive office for Westphalia in the state of Westphalia and the LVR archive advice and training center in the state of Rhineland . Both facilities have central restoration workshops.