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Also known as archival agency, archive (institutions), archivability, archive (collections), archive

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An archive is a collection of historical documents and records that are carefully preserved and organized for study and reference. Archives matter because they provide evidence of the past and help us understand how institutions, communities, and societies have developed over time.

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Research

58,218 papers

Making use of the Archives' archive.Archives of disease in childhood · 2019Scott-Jupp R, Brown NDOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318075
Cost analysis of archives in the pathology laboratories: from safety to management.ReviewJournal of clinical pathology · 2023Eccher A, Dei Tos AP, Scarpa A et al.DOI: 10.1136/jcp-2023-209035
Archives and amazons: A quilters guide to the lesbian archive.Journal of lesbian studies · 2024Ford SJDOI: 10.1080/10894160.2024.2313381
Animal behavior missing from data archives.Trends in ecology & evolution · 2021Miller SE, Jernigan CM, Legan AW et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.07.008
Development of Malaria Digital Archives in Myanmar Through Official Development Assistance and Their Narrative Review.ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Kanda KDOI: 10.3390/pathogens14050481
Science, institutional archives and open access: an overview and a pilot survey on the Italian cancer research institutions.ReviewJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2010Poltronieri E, Truccolo I, Di Benedetto C et al.DOI: 10.1186/1756-9966-29-168
Big data in radiation biology and epidemiology; an overview of the historical and contemporary landscape of data and biomaterial archives.ReviewInternational journal of radiation biology · 2019Schofield PN, Kulka U, Tapio S et al.DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2019.1589026
[Banks, archives or libraries? Models for the ethical foundation of biobanks].Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2021Feiler T, Schlote Y, Schunkert H et al.DOI: 10.1055/a-1294-1291

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OpenStreetMap tag: amenity=archive
Commons category: Archives
equivalent class: dbpedia.org/ontology/Archive
Commons gallery: Archive
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Contents

Etymology
History
Users and institutions
Academic
Business (for profit)
Government
Church
Motion pictures, film, and audio and video tape
Non-profit
Web archiving
Dark archives
Other
Standardization
Protection
Limitations and alternatives
See also
References
Further reading
External links

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An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials, in any medium, or the physical facility in which they are located.

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