Office: Mon-Thurs 9 am - 5
pm
Fri 9 am – 4 pm Reading room:
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 9 am – 3 pm
Wed 11 am – 7 pm
In accordance with current statutes, the City
Archives “collect, organize and preserve the archival
materials of historical and ongoing municipal institutions of
Tallinn, as well as other records of archival value which are
important to the study of the City of Tallinn and its history,
and guarantee public access to them.” The Archives “organize
research into the history of Tallinn and prepare publications
based on archival materials in its collections.”
Main tasks
collecting and preserving records of archival value created
or received as a result of the activities of the local
government and institutions of Tallinn from the 13th
century until today;
giving opinions of the records management procedures of
supervised institutions before their establishment and
amendment;
giving opinions about the document lists and retention
periods of supervised institutions before their establishment;
dealing with the methodological issues of archiving and
consulting institutions of the City of Tallinn and legal
entities in public law about archiving;
guaranteeing preservation and protection of the records
delivered to the City Archives for preservation and access
thereto pursuant to the Archives Act and the requirements
established on the basis thereof;
improving and perfecting the records preservation
conditions in the buildings of the City Archives;
conserving and restoring the records kept in the City
Archives and continuing the creation of a backup fund
(microfilms) to guarantee that records, especially the ones
that are old and in bad condition, are preserved;
issuing archive notices and extracts from the records kept
in the City Archives;
improving and perfecting the accounting and record keeping
system concerning the records kept in the City Archives,
issuing archival information and methodological materials,
archive guides and catalogues;
organising scientific research of the history of Tallinn,
incl. publishing the records held in the City Archives and
scientific researches based thereon;
organising seminars and meetings about history and
archiving;
cooperating with local and foreign archives and other
research institutions in archiving and studying history;
introducing the history of Tallinn and the records held in
the City Archives through exhibitions, excursions, lectures and
other events and also in the mass media.
Important telephone numbers: Queries
about the archive of the Tallinn Buildings Register: 645 7425
(Merle Sutt, Merle Urm)
Queries about archival data of studying and jobs: 645 7422
(Katrin Kaldma)
