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Federal Archives of Switzerland

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Phone
  
+41 58 462 89 89

Founded
  
1798

Federal Archives of Switzerland

Address
  
Archivstrasse 24, 3005 Bern, Switzerland

Hours
  
Closed today FridayClosedSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMondayClosedTuesday9AM–7PMWednesday9AM–7PMThursday9AM–7PM

Parent agency
  
Federal Department of Home Affairs

Similar
  
Swiss National Library, Schweiz Nationalb Bern, Swissmint

Profiles

The Federal Archives of Switzerland (German: Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv, French: Archives fédérales suisses) were created in 1798 following the creation of the Helvetic Republic. They are located in Berne and governed by the Federal Act on Archiving.

In 2013 it held 60'000 linear meters of analogue and 15 Terabytes of digital artifacts.

References

Federal Archives of Switzerland Wikipedia