Archives of the City of Brussels

The Archives of the City of Brussels (Dutch: Archief van de Stad Brussel, French: Les Archives de la Ville de Bruxelles) preserves documents related to Brussels and its history. It holds the third largest collection of newspapers and periodicals in Belgium.[1] The public can access its collections through its online catalog, visiting the archive itself, or visiting a museum exhibiting loaned items.[2][3]

Not to be confused with State Archives (Belgium).
Archives of the City of Brussels
Archief van de Stad Brussel
TypeNational archives
Websitearchives.brussels.be

History

Archives were first kept in Brussels in the church of Saint Micheal and the church of Saint Nicholas' tower. In the 16th-century, these collections were joined together in the City Hall. In the 17th-century, the collection was moved to two buildings in the Grand Place. These buildings and some of the city's records were destroyed during the Nine Years' War.[4]

In 1979, the Archives moved into a complex of buildings that formerly housed a textile business. The building is noted as an example of 20th-century commercial architecture.[5]

References
  1. "What do we preserve?". Brussels Archives. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  2. "Online archives". Brussels Archives. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  3. "The Archives of the City of Brussels on display". Brussels Archives. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  4. "Who are we?". Brussels Archives. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  5. "The Archives on the big screen". Brussels Archives. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2022-03-15.


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