Archives of the City of Brussels
{{Short description|Public archive of the City of Brussels, Belgium}}
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1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
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The Archives of the City of Brussels ({{langx|fr|Archives de la Ville de Bruxelles}}; {{langx|nl|Archief van de Stad Brussel}}) preserves documents related to the City of Brussels (Belgium) and its history. It holds the third largest collection of newspapers and periodicals in Belgium.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-21 |title=What do we preserve? |url=https://archives.brussels.be/what-do-we-preserve |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Brussels Archives |language=en}} The public can access its collections through its online catalog, visiting the archive itself, or visiting a museum exhibiting loaned items.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-21 |title=Online archives |url=https://archives.brussels.be/online-archives |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Brussels Archives |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2018-05-04 |title=The Archives of the City of Brussels on display |url=https://archives.brussels.be/archives-city-brussels-display-0 |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Brussels Archives |language=en}}
History
Archives were first kept in Brussels in the Church of St. Michael and St. Gudula and the Church of St. Nicholas' tower. In the 16th century, these collections were joined together in the Town Hall. In the 17th century, the collection was moved to two buildings on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt (Brussels' main square). These buildings and some of the city's records were destroyed during the Nine Years' War.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-21 |title=Who are we? |url=https://archives.brussels.be/who-are-we |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Brussels Archives |language=en}}
In 1979, the Archives moved into a complex of buildings that formerly housed a textile business. The building is noted as an example of early 20th-century commercial architecture.{{Cite web |date=2020-02-06 |title=The Archives on the big screen |url=https://archives.brussels.be/archives-big-screen |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Brussels Archives |language=en}}
File:JP2015 008.jpg|Entrance
File:JP2015 005.jpg|Interior view
See also
References
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=Bibliography=
- André Vanrie, Les archives et les archivistes de la Ville de Bruxelles (in French), in Brusselse Cahiers/Cahiers bruxellois, Brussels, XXXIX, 2006–2007, p. 11–46
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Archives of the City of Brussels}}
- [https://archives.brussels.be/ Official website]
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