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Archival collections available to the public
Services and activities
All the services and activities of the Archive for citizens, scholars and institutions
The Cagliari State Archives carries out a wide range of functions and activities in service of the community, including the protection and preservation of documentary heritage (public access to it), training, and cultural enhancement.
This page presents the main services and areas of activity of the Institution.
Explore the activities open to the public, learn about the Archive’s conservation and preservation work, discover training opportunities and initiatives that enhance the heritage, and quickly navigate to the sections of interest through guided pathways.
Access to documents, consultation in the study room and library, reproduction requests, as well as information and user assistance.
All services are designed to enable citizens, scholars, and professionals to access the archival and bibliographic collection.
Activities of preservation, conservation, arrangement, and supervision of archives, together with the restoration of documents.
The institutional functions through which the Archive ensures the physical and intellectual safeguarding of documentary memory and its transmission over time.
Training, educational, and advanced-specialist activities.
Courses for students, teachers, and researchers, including the School of Archival, Palaeography and Diplomatic Studies.
Initiatives, projects and cultural activities that make the archive a living place, where memory is built and shared.
Exhibitions, meetings, narrative paths, and public history projects transform documents into opportunities for dialogue, participation, and discovery. All this makes the Archive a space open to the community and connected to the present.
Services for the public
Services that provide access to documentary heritage, consultation of archival sources, and the use of the Archive’s spaces and resources.
Public services are the first point of contact between the Archive and its users.
Whether they need to consult original documents, access the library, request reproductions or obtain information, each service is designed to ensure clear procedures, transparency and expert support.
Conservation and protection of the archival heritage
The measures through which the Archive protects the physical and intellectual integrity of documents and secures their long‑term preservation.
The preservation and protection of the archival heritage are among the core activities of the Cagliari State Archives and form an essential prerequisite for any form of access and enhancement. Through continuous, specialised activities, the Institution ensures the material and intellectual protection of documents, preserving their integrity, authenticity and proper transmission to future generations.
Preservation and protection activities include: monitoring of archives, arrangement and proper management of records, technical advice on preservation, and direct preservation and restoration work. In this way, the Archive functions not merely as a place of preservation, but as an active centre of expertise – capable of preventing deterioration, intervening to safeguard the heritage, and promoting shared protection practices with institutions, organisations, and record creators.
Memory education and training
Training courses and educational activities that promote knowledge of archival sources and historical disciplines, from the specialist level to dissemination.
The educational and training function is an integral part of the public mission of the State Archives. Through structured paths and dedicated activities, the Institution promotes knowledge of archival sources, historical research methodologies and the cultural value of preserved documentation.
The educational offer is aimed at different audiences, from professionals and scholars in specialized training to students and teachers, up to citizens interested in deepening the relationship between history, documents and institutions. In this way, the Archive is configured as a place of continuous learning, where memory becomes a tool for knowledge, awareness and cultural growth.
24.256
Linear meters of shelving in our archive
95.123
Digital reproductions of part of our collections available for online consultation
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Volumes, including books and journals available online
Information, dissemination and cultural promotion
Activities and services that make archival heritage accessible, understandable and shared, strengthening the dialogue between the Archive and the community.
The Cagliari State Archive supports the functions of conservation and research with a constant action of information, dissemination and cultural promotion, with the aim of making the archival heritage accessible and understandable to a wide and diverse audience.
Through editorial activities, cultural initiatives, events and communication services, the Institution interprets the archive as a living memory, capable of dialogue with the community and with the present. These actions transform documents into opportunities for meeting, storytelling and participation, strengthening the role of the Archive as an open space of relationship between history, territory and citizens.
