Amsterdam City Archives

Amsterdam City Archives
Stadsarchief Amsterdam
De Bazel, home of the Amsterdam City Archives
Amsterdam City Archives is located in Amsterdam
Amsterdam City Archives
Location within the city center of Amsterdam.
LocationVijzelstraat 32,
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates52°21′53″N 4°53′32″E / 52.3646°N 4.8923°E / 52.3646; 4.8923
Typearchive
Visitors130,154 (2014)[1]
Websitewww.amsterdam.nl/stadsarchief/ (in Dutch)

The Amsterdam City Archives (Dutch: Stadsarchief Amsterdam) preserves documents pertaining to the history of Amsterdam and provides information about the city. With archives covering a shelf-length of about 50 kilometres,[2] the Amsterdam City Archives is the largest municipal archive in the world.

  1. ^ Toeristiche Barometer, 2015. Retrieved on 6 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Bedrijfsprofiel Stadsarchief Amsterdam" (in Dutch) [archives profile], 20 March 2017. City of Amsterdam. www.amsterdam.nl/stadsarchief. Retrieved 8 June 2017.