Admission:

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Mission:

• Information and service for researchers
• Collect and keep documentation produced by the City Council

 

Collections:

The oldest documents are on parchment and date from 1255 to 1520.

Public:

City Council of A Coruña (saec. XIII-XX).

City Council of Santa María de Oza.

Junta del Reino de Galicia.

Private:

Personal (Martínez Salazar, Rey Escaríz, Ángel del Castillo, José Villar, etc.).

Family (Bermúdez de Castro).

Companies (Empresa Pereira 1930-1934).

Associations.

Collections:

Illustrious citizens (1891-1943).

Postcards.

Dispositions (saec. XVIII).

Carlos Martínez Barbeito print collection (saec. XVII-XX).

Bull fighting posters.

Municipal event posters.

The Municipal Archive holds documents from the past of our city that explain our present and guide us to the future.  The use of new technologies and the application of international rules of document description means it is now possible to take an active part in the 21st century. The City Council of A Coruña  is the owner of an exceptional municipal archive and keeps its undertaking to publish and conserve the documental heritage it has inherited. 

The Municipal Atrchive covers a surface area of 598 m2 in the Salvador de Madariaga Cultural Centre.  It is split up into the following areas:

• Reading room with 18 posts
• Technical work and information rooms
• Offices
• Deposits
• Conservation workshop